Friday, April 24, 2009

USA-
-Cross-Border Dissemination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/5/727.htm
-ESBL and other MDR in E coli from CA UTI’s. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/5/741.htm
-Retail meat in Canada contains C difficile. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/5/802.htm
-Reduced quinolone susceptibility in Salmonella enterica, Finland. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/5/809.htm
-C difficile in ready-to-eat salads in Scotland. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/5/817.htm
-Outbreak of C difficile 027, in Denmark 2008-2009. http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19183
UK-
-ABR trends, 2004 – 2008. http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1239695826071

Thursday, April 16, 2009

-Clostridium difficile infections continue to fall. http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1239781746891?p=1231252394302

-Hospitalizations and Deaths Associated with Clostridium difficile Infection. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/5/pdfs/08-1154.pdf

-The emergence of Clostridium difficile link with the increased consumption of fluroquinolones and cephalosporins. http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19176

Friday, April 10, 2009

-Novel Type of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Multidrug-Resistance in Children. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/547.htm
-Environmental Cleaning Reduces Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. http://www.shea-online.org/Assets/files/2009%20annual%20meeting/Datta_Release.pdf
-Colonization with Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/598194

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