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Infection Control Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

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CDC Puts 2 Superbugs in Its Urgent Category: Candida auris and Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter

They join C. difficile, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacese, and drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the CDC’s urgent category. New York health officials say that infection preventionists are key in this fight.

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Phage Therapy Steps Further Out of the Wings to Take On Superbugs

Phage—bacteriophages—are viruses that use lytic bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections by thwarting bacterial growth. Phage therapy might succeed where antibiotics fail.

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CDC Observes C difficile Awareness Month as New Study Shows Efficacy of FMT

Federal health officials want to reduce instances of C. difficile infection (CDI) by 30% by 2020. Alternative treatment options such as fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) are getting a closer look.

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Aspergillus Endangers Children at Hospital for Second Time This Year

The presence of the fungus Aspergillus has forced the closing of 11 operating rooms at Seattle Children’s Hospital, marking the second such closure in a year. The hospital has had to postpone some surgeries and move others to different hospitals.

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