Categories: Resistance
Date: Mar 19, 2010
Title: 19 MARCH 2010 UPDATE
Resistance in the News is an arbitrary selection of articles with relevance to antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use that have come to our attention lately. The articles have been published in various internet media and on-line scientific journals. The list is by no means complete and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the ReAct network.
Råd skal stoppe penicillinmisbrug. Med 2,5 millioner kroner i ryggen skal et nyt antibiotikaråd nu forsøge at forhindre, at et stigende antal danskere bliver resistente overfor antibiotika. (danish) TV2 Bornholm also in Nordjyske.dk and Berlingske Tidende
Opnieuw MRSA in Sint Jans Gasthuis. Op de intensive care van het Sint Jans Gasthuis (SJG) in Weert is opnieuw MRSA geconstateerd. Bij een routinecontrole bleken twee patienten met de MSRA-bacterie besmet te zijn, zo laat het ziekenhuis weten. (dutch) De Limburger
RIVM bezorgd over resistente bacteriën. Bij steeds meer mensen hebben antibiotica niet het gewenste resultaat, omdat ze zijn besmet met een bacterie die resistent is tegen antibiotica. Reformatorisch Dagblad
One in four NHS hospital trusts 'failing basic hygiene standards', watchdog finds. A quarter of hospital trusts have failed to meet basic standards of hygiene to battle infections, the health watchdog has found. Telegraph
Hospitals urged to scrap ban on sitting on beds. A GP has criticised the rules which prevent hospital doctors and visitors from sitting on patients' beds, calling them "demeaning" and "joyless". BBC News
New Policy Statement Describes The Development Of Antibiotics To Protect Our Children And Future Generations As A "Moral Obligation". As the deaths and suffering caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections continue to rise around the world, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is urging a global commitment to develop 10 new antibiotics by 2020, known as the 10 x '20 initiative, to address this public health crisis and safeguard patients' health. Medical News Today original IDSA statement in Clinical Infectious Diseases
3 Lessons U.S. Healthcare Can Learn from France to Cut Infections. French researchers evaluating their country's national infection control program for healthcare facilities found significant decreases in the rates of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) since initiating mandatory reporting for the their national, regional, and local healthcare facilities in 2004. Health Leaders Media also in Science Daily
The MRSA Epidemic A Call To Action. MRSA Survivors Network, the nonprofit organization, along with other advocates, urgently plead with the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), along with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to finally acknowledge the public health crisis to the public and take action. Medical News Today
Устойчивость бактерий к антибиотикам постоянно растет. Команда ученых из Великобритании и Нидерландов привела доказательства постоянного роста устойчивости почвенных микроорганизмов к антибиотикам в течение последних 60 лет. (russian) Крестьянские ведомости
Bactéria mata 19 bebês em CTI de Franca (SP). Dezenove bebês morreram na Santa Casa de Franca (a 400 km de São Paulo) em decorrência de infecção hospitalar causada pela bactéria klebsiella ao longo do ano passado. A Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, a prefeitura e o Ministério Público Estadual abriram investigação sobre as mortes. (portuguese) Folha Online
Utbrott av VRE och ESBL i Västernorrland. Utbrott av VRE vid Sundsvalls och Sollefteå sjukhus - hittills 15 konstaterade fall. Det första utbrottet av VRE i Västernorrland upptäcktes första februari 2010 då ett urinodlingsprov blev positivt från en patient på Sundsvalls sjukhus. EPI-aktuellt
Läkarna var sämst när landsting granskade hygien. Läkare är sämst på vårdhygien. Undersköterskor är bäst. Det visar en undersökning på sjukhusen i Västerbotten. Dagens Medicin
Urinary tract infections caused by multi-drug resistant Proteus mirabilis: Risk factors and clinical outcomes. Infection. 2010 Feb;38(1):41-6. Epub 2009 Dec 7.
Bacterial septic arthritis in adults. Lancet. 2010 Mar 6;375(9717):846-55.
Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Lancet. 2010 Mar 4.
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Antimicrobial Susceptibility in Lilongwe, Malawi, 2007. Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Mar;37(3):169-72.
Increased penicillin nonsusceptibility of nonvaccine-serotype invasive pneumococci other than serotypes 19A and 6A in post-7-valent conjugate vaccine era. J Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;201(5):770-5.
Bacteriophages can treat and prevent Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections. J Infect Dis. 2010 Apr 1;201(7):1096-104.
Porcine-Origin Gentamicin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Humans. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Apr (available via MedISys)