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Ukraine war victims: The unexpectedly high levels of resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae are a cause for great worry

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Scientists from Lund University in Sweden collaborated with microbiologists in Ukraine to investigate bacterial resistance in war-wounded patients treated in hospitals. The findings,...

Kenya: Multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in newborns at Nairobi hospital

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 At least 14 newborns at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi have contracted multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, of which six babies died, according to a report in The...

NDM-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales outbreak in Italy

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In a follow-up on the “superbug” NDM-1 outbreak reported in Tuscany, the Regional Health Agency (ARS Toscana) reports the outbreak of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM)-producing carbapenem-resistant...

Antibiotics: FETROJA receives FDA approval for for the treatment of hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia

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Shionogi & Co., Ltd. Monday announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for FETROJA ® (cefiderocol) for the treatment of patients...

Antibiotics: FDA Accepts For Review Supplemental New Drug Application for RECARBRIO™

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Merck today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for RECARBRIO™ (imipenem, cilastatin, and relebactam) to treat...

South Africa: Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak at Tembisa hospital neonatal unit

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The National Institute of Communicable Diseases in South Africa is reporting an outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae at the neonatal unit at Tembisa...

Klebsiella pneumoniae: Researchers produce promising vaccine against deadly superbug

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Scientists have produced and tested, in mice, a vaccine that protects against a worrisome superbug: a hypervirulent form of the bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae. And they’ve done so by genetically...

South Africa: Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak at Gauteng hospital

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An outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae at the Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital in Vosloorus that began several weeks ago has grown to a dozen neonatal infections, including six deaths. According to...

Europe: Drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae reported in travelers to the Canary Islands

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A cluster of European returning travelers from the island of Gran Canaria are reported to have carried or were infected with carbapenemase (OXA-48)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST392., according...

Europe: Officials warn of the rise of carbapenem resistance, ‘We should be very concerned’

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Infections with bacteria resistant to carbapenems, a group of highly effective antibiotics, pose a significant threat to patients and healthcare systems in all EU/EEA countries, warns ECDC in a Rapid Risk...