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Peru: An increase in cases of pneumonia reported

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health (Minsa) , through the National Center for Epidemiology, Prevention and Disease Control (CDC-Peru) , reported that, until Epidemiological Week (SE) 24-2023,...

FDA approves antibiotic, Xacduro, for the treatment of pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Xacduro (sulbactam for injection; durlobactam for injection), a new treatment for hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia...

Argentina Legionella: WHO report, Latest from Tucumán

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) published a Disease Outbreak News release on the situation in Tucuman Province, Argentina today: As of 3 September 2022, a cluster of 11 cases...

Legionella confirmed as cause of Tucumán, Argentina pneumonia outbreak

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the pneumonia outbreak in Tucumán, Argentina, the Minister of Health of the Nation, Carla Vizzotti , and the representative in Argentina of the Pan American Health...

Argentina: 4th death from pneumonia of unknown origin reported

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A 48-year-old man died affected by bilateral pneumonia of unknown origin in Tucumán which brings the total to four fatalities from this cause, while new cases have been reported in recent hours and the...

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteremia in young children with pneumonia associated with a high mortality rate

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Resistance to antibiotics is common and often deadly among children with pneumonia in Bangladesh, according to a new study coauthored by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) with colleagues...

Pneumonia and rotavirus vaccination programs reduced illness and death in Fiji

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Fiji’s national vaccine program against pneumonia, a serious lung condition, and rotavirus, a common disease which causes severe diarrhoea and vomiting, has reduced illness...

COVID-19 pneumonia: Researchers detail chest CT findings

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A multi-center study (n=101) of the relationship between chest CT findings and the clinical conditions of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia–published ahead-of-print and open-access in the American...

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...

SARS, MERS ruled out in China pneumonia cluster

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province, China are reporting (computer translated) a total of 59 patients with unexplained diagnosis of viral pneumonia...