Dr William Basco comments on a recent multicenter study looking at true rates of bacteremia in children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Medscape Pediatrics…

Dr Paul Auwaerter discusses the antimicrobial options for postinfluenza MRSA pneumonia, and makes the case for a universal flu vaccine. Medscape Infectious Diseases…

A nationwide survey showed that primary care physicians enthusiastically support pneumococcal pneumonia vaccination guidelines but show important knowledge gaps; EHR prompts improve vaccination rates. Medscape Medical News…

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Animal Die-off -- ChileMorris Animal Foundation-funded researchers uncovered several key factors contributing to a die-off of South American fur seal pups, including mites, pneumonia and sea surface temperature. The findings, published in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, help scientists better understand the link between environmental factors and health."Disease often is the forgotten piece in the conservation puzzle," said Dr. Kelly Diehl, Senior Scientific Programs and Communications Adviser at Morris Animal …

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MERS -- Saudi ArabiaDifficulty distinguishing pneumonia from volume overload in a patient with renal failure delayed a MERS-CoV diagnosis at a Riyadh hospital last year [2017], which led to a superspreading event that sickened 44 people at 3 health facilities, Saudi researchers reported in the American Journal of Infection Control.In their detailed report on the outbreak and its spread, the group said the lessons they learned could help fine-tune protocols for screening for the MERS-CoV (Middle East…

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Plague -- MadagascarWHO continues to support the Ministry of Public Health and other national authorities in Madagascar to monitor and respond to the outbreak of plague. From [6 to 17 Nov 2017], 216 cases of plague (1 confirmed, 20 probable and 195 suspected) were reported to WHO. The date of onset of the last case of bubonic plague was [7 Nov 2017] and the last confirmed case of pneumonic plague was reported on [14 Nov 2017].From [1 Aug to 17 Nov 2017], a cumulative total of 2267 confirmed, probable and …

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Plague -- MadagascarFrom 1 Aug 2017 through 22 Nov 2017, a total of 2348 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of plague, including 202 deaths (case fatality rate 8.6 percent), were reported by the Ministry of Health of Madagascar to WHO. There were 1791 cases of pneumonic plague, of which 22 percent were confirmed, 34 percent were probable, and 44 percent were suspected. In addition to pneumonic cases, there were reports of 341 cases of bubonic plague, one case of septicemic plague and 215 cases with type …

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Plague -- MadagascarDue to concerted national and international response the current and unprecedented outbreak of plague in Madagascar, which started on [Tue 1 Aug 2017], has been contained. On [Mon 27 Nov 2017] the Ministry of Health of Madagascar officially announced the containment of the acute urban pneumonic plague outbreak. However, because plague is endemic in Madagascar and the plague season lasts from September to April, more cases of bubonic and sporadic pneumonic plague are expected to be reported …

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Pneumonia -- United StatesA bacterium long feared by sheep hunters and wildlife managers has been found for the 1st time among wild sheep in Alaska.The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced that _Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae_ -- often known as _M. ovi_ -- has been found in sheep killed last year [2017] by hunters in the Talkeetna Mountains area. The bacterium was also found in wild goats in the Kenai Peninsula.The bacterium is not native to Alaska. In the Lower 48 [states], it is blamed for contributing to …

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Q Fever -- Chile1. Lille RD, Perrin TL, Armstrong C: An institutional outbreak of pneumonitis. III. Histopathology in man and rhesus monkeys in the pneumonitis due to the virus of "Q fever." Pub Hlth Rep 1941; 56(4): 149-55; available at 2. Maurin M, Raoult D: Q fever. Clin Microbiol Rev 1999; 12(4): 518-53; available at 3. Norlander L: Q fever epidemiology and pathogenesis. Microbes Infect 2000; 2(4): 417-24.A good recent review on Q fever can be found at:Melgar TA, Bauler TJ, Lutwick LI. Q fever …

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H. influenzae -- CanadaFederal researchers have collaborated to develop a preventative vaccine for a potentially deadly bacterium that causes pneumonia, blood poisoning, and meningitis in children and affecting predominantly children in northern and Indigenous communities.Scientists with the Public Health Agency of Canada first identified _Haemophilus influenza_ [serogroup] A (Hia) infections in the mid-2000s in Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Montreal hospitals. Hia is not the common flu -- which is caused by a virus, …

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Measles -- United KingdomSymptoms of measles include high fever, runny nose, conjunctivitis and cough. A rash then usually develops, starting at the head and spreading to the trunk and limbs over 3 -- 4 days.People are infectious from their 1st symptoms to 4 days after the rash appears. Symptoms start around 1--2 weeks after exposure to an infectious case.Those who catch measles are generally very unwell and frequently admitted to hospital.Complications from measles, including pneumonia, are common, and …

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus -- MexicoCases of respiratory syncytial virus have increased by 900 percent so far this winter season [2017-18] in Mexico. According to the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER), they have treated 100 people to date this season, whereas during the entire year last year [2016] they reported only 10 cases. The respiratory syncytial virus is the causative factor of diseases such as pneumoniaThe INER indicated that they do not have accurate and precise statistics at the national level, but …

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