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Non-sporicidal cleansers are commonly used to disinfect surfaces in the hospital rooms of patients with C auris colonization or infection, but are they efficacious?

Investigators in New York state, which has the largest burden of C auris colonization in the US, used 12 point prevalence surveys at 6 nursing homes to identify 60 cases and 218 controls.

In a South Korean study of contaminated stethoscopes, 23% were confirmed to have at least 1 potential multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogen.

Corrine Maurice, PhD, discusses her talk at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ECCMID 2019) on the interactions between host, bacteria, gut microbiota, and bacteriophages.

Ben Berkhout, PhD, discusses if CRISPR/Cas9 will be a new antiviral strategy for the eradication of HIV.

Here are the top takeaways from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2019 meeting.

At ECCMID 2019, László Majoros, MD, PhD, spoke about rezafungin’s activity against common and rare Candida species in vitro.

Tristan Ferry, MD, PhD, discusses why there is a need to develop alternatives to treat chronic bone and joint infections.

Madeline King, PharmD, discusses her research presented at ECCMID 2019 on pre-operative asymptomatic bacteriuria and appropriateness of aztreonam usage.

Leslie Tari, PhD, discusses Cidara Therapeutics' Cloudbreak antiviral initiatives.

A study using monkeys provides an intriguing glimpse of the possibilities of using CRISPR gene editing technology to knock out HIV reserves in humans.

Will biomarker-guided specific therapies the best option for treating sepsis in the future?

During a year-long study, 80 electronic conversational comments were made using the stewardship team’s audit-and-feedback tool and recommendations were fully adopted 90% of the time.

Oral ibrexafungerp demonstrates a favorable therapeutic response in patients with difficult-to-treat Candida infections, including those caused by non-albicans Candida species.

Lefamulin demonstrated non-inferiority when compared with moxifloxacin, and both treatment arms reported a low rate of serious treatment-emergent AEs or treatment-emergent AEs leading to discontinuation.

Cidara Therapeutics has developed CB-012, a stable conjugate of a highly potent antiviral agent linked to human IgG1 Fc, and investigators are evaluating the asset for the treatment and prevention of seasonal and pandemic influenza A and B infections.

The ASPECT-NP trial compared a new 3-gram dose regimen of ceftolozane/tazobactam versus meropenem in the treatment of ventilated nosocomial pneumonia.

Investigators found increased mortality in the combination arm where 21% of patients died vs 16% in the standard therapy arm, although the number of patients with persistent bacteremia at day 5 in the combination arm was significantly reduced compared with standard therapy.

A study found that the molecule, Compound A, has potent activity against Acinetobacter Pneumonia in mice possibly by a dual killing mechanism and by reducing lipopolysaccharide-induced vascular leak.

Rezafungin achieved greater and more prolonged penetration at sites of intra-abdominal candidiasis than micafungin, which correlates with significantly greater activity against FKS-mutant Candida glabrata clinical strains.

A study found that eracavycline was 2-4-fold more active than tigecycline against isolates that produced ESBL and at least 8-fold more active than tigecycline against A baumannii.

Melanie Nicol, PharmD, PhD, explores how DMPA hormonal contraception affects women's HIV risk.

Investigators detail the activity of cefiderocol, a novel parenteral siderophore cephalosporin, against carbapenem-resistant clinical isolates.

An Italian study found that immunization rates are high among health workers, but an important proportion of employees are not immune to mumps.

In a study of hospitalized patients across Europe, oritavancin (MIC50/MIC90, 0.03/0.06 mg/L) inhibited all S aureus isolates at ≤0.12 mg/L (susceptible breakpoint).

Ignacio Martin-Loeches, MD, PhD, discusses the efficacy outcomes of the ASPECT-NP trial evaluating ceftolozane/tazobactam for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia.

What is the key to success that helped a Spanish hospital achieve an 80% reduction in global incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections and sustain it over an 8-year period?

Jose Arribas, MD, discusses the challenges in the field of long-acting injectable therapy for the treatment, management, and even prevention of HIV.