March 03, 2020
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Investigators have shown that a new monoclonal antibody treatment is able to break apart communities of harmful bacteria, which could aid existing antibiotic treatments in more efficiently clearing out infections.
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.
December 26, 2019
From Ebola to measles to Salmonella, these were the top 9 infectious disease outbreaks of 2019.
December 10, 2019
The FDA investigation of fruit mix linked to a recent outbreak has discovered 33 laboratory confirmed illnesses of Salmonella thus far.
November 27, 2019
In this novel type of outbreak, contamination was not isolated to a single food or facility, suggesting industry-wide contamination.
November 02, 2019
Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence indicates that ground beef is the likely source of the outbreak. The current hospitalization rate is 89%.
October 11, 2019
As of October 8, 2019, a total of 21 individuals have been infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella across 13 states.
August 29, 2019
Prior to 2017, Salmonella isolates with resistance to azithromycin had occurred in fewer than 0.5% of isolates from ill Americans.
July 08, 2019
Forty-five cases have been documented in a multidrug-resistant Salmonella outbreak with a suspected link to contact with pig ear dog treats.
July 02, 2019
Investigators identified a patient in the US infected with Salmonella resistant to colistin, the drug of last resort, raising concerns about the spread of multidrug-resistant microbes.
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