August 26, 2021
Article
Rare cases of health care–associated meningitis and ventriculitis in adults caused by Candida species are associated with recent bacterial meningitis and broad-spectrum antibiotic use.
February 28, 2020
Health officials are investigation an outbreak of E coli in 5 states with a suspected link to clover sprouts served at Jimmy John’s restaurants.
February 27, 2020
The US Food and Drug Administration has sent the sandwich chain a warning letter over citing involvement in several outbreaks of Salmonella and Escherichia coli over the past 7 years.
February 18, 2020
Video
Mark Riddle, MD, DrPH, speaks to Contagion at ACG 2019 about the results of a study looking into microbiome changes associated with single-dose antibiotics for the treatment of traveler's diarrhea.
November 26, 2019
CDC officials have notified the public of an ongoing investigation regarding a multistate outbreak of E coli O157:H7 infections likely linked to romaine lettuce.
November 06, 2019
After receiving FMT capsules containing drug resistant ESBL E coli, 2 patients developed severe illness with 1 patient death.
November 01, 2019
While the outbreak appears to be over, health officials are alerting the public and encouraging continued improvement of industry practices.
October 29, 2019
Amidst growing concern about antibiotic resistance, a new class of antibiotics may help in the fight against gram-negative bacteria.
October 28, 2019
Comparisons between strains show little crossover between ESBL-E coli in meat and in humans.
August 29, 2019
Elizabeth Hirsch, PharmD, and Elizabeth Smith, PharmD candidate, discuss fosfomycin susceptibility testing.
