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CRE Surveillance Data from France

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Despite all the concern about the emergence of CRE pathogens worldwide, it is quite difficult to obtain hard quantitative, prospectively collected incidence figures. A recent article by Robert [1] and colleagues provides useful data from France.  Using a practical definition of carbapenem-non-susceptibility (ertapenem > 0.5, imipenem, meropenem > 2, doripenem > 1), Continue reading CRE Surveillance Data from France→

Perusing the Literature

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Inhibitor of the NDM Enzyme Aspergillomarasmine (AMA) was identified as an inhibitor of the New Delhi metallo-betalactamase (NDM) enzyme. This substance, when combined with meropenem, restored antibiotic activity against an NDM lab strain.   AMA is a substance which was already tested in the past in humans.  Concerns about interference with human metalloenzymes proved Continue reading Perusing the Literature→

African Swine Fever Epidemics in Russia

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You are excused if “Pig Progress” or “The Pig Site” are not journals on your regular reading list.  So, you may not have heard about the massive recent culling of swine in Russia in response to outbreaks of ASF (African swine fever).  ASF is a severe hemorrhagic disease associated with mortality Continue reading African Swine Fever Epidemics in Russia→