21 June 2011
FDA approves generic antibiotic to treat anthrax, other infections
The food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday approved the first generic versions of Levaquin (levofloxacin), an antibiotic for the treatment of bacterial infections of the skin and lung, including the inhalation of anthrax in adults, according to a statement. Drugs used to treat bacterial infections of the skin, breast, kidney, bladder and prostate. It is also used to treat certain bacterial infections that cause bronchitis or pneumonia and to treat people exposed to inhaled anthrax, according to the version of the FDA, said the FDA-approved generic medicines must meet stringent standards. The Agency approved levofloxacin tablet, oral solution and injection forms. Twelve of the approved manufacturers to produce drugs.
Press release of 20 Jun FDA
Hong Kong: 26 new cases, new outbreak of a death from scarlet fever.
Declare that the activity of scarlet fever site now is "high", the Hong Kong Centre for health protection (CHP) had 26 new cases confirmed within 12:0 am today, bringing its total to 466 cases in 2011. He also announced the second death by disease in 5 years of age that has been clinically diagnosed as having it. News said yesterday that a girl of seven years with scarlet fever died in late May. In an update, the CHP said that hours, time yesterday at noon today, reported 26 new cases raise the total of the week so far for 38 cases. Last week, 69 cases were confirmed. In a separate Communique, the CHP Said 5 years had foot starting June 15, but he was hospitalized on 19 June, after his symptoms worsened. He suffered a toxic shock syndrome and died today. Evidence of laboratory confirmation pending after initial tests indicate Gram-positive coconuts. The disease is caused by group a streptococcus.
Update Jun. 21 CHP
Jun. 21 CHP press release
Measles kills 32 in Congo
Officials of the Republic of the Congo said that 800 people have contracted measles and at least 32 people died of the disease in a surge of 6 months in the country in the South of Pointe-Noire and Kouilou region, according to the United Nations IRIN news today. Of 800 patients, 624 have been hospitalized, said Hermann Boris Didi-Ngossaki, Director of the expanded program on immunization of the World Health Organization. "The last 5 or 6 years we have had many weaknesses in our system of vaccination, especially in Pointe-Noire".The current epidemic reflects these weaknesses, he said. The first cases were registered in December, but the disease was neglected due to a simultaneous outbreak of polio, director-general of health of the country, he said. Is scheduled to inaugurate tomorrow an intensive campaign of 30 days of immunization aimed at children from 6 to 8 months of age in the affected regions.
History of IRIN News 21 Jun
Elsewhere, officials in Northern Utah say they confirmed another case of measles in cache County, according to an article from associated press (AP) yesterday. This brings to five the number of cases identified the outbreak earlier this month, when a child believed to have been exposed in mid-May was identified. Spokesman for the Department of health of Bear River Jill Parker said that four other patients had contact with the child. Parker said that officials not determined as the first baby contracted the illness.
Article 20 Jun AP
Propagation of babesiosis in the Northeast us concern to health officials
Or babesiosis of disease is increasing in the Hudson Valley and in coastal areas of the Northeast us, represent a threat to the blood supply due to the lack of a trial license, according to the New York Times. Similar to malaria disease is caused by Babesia microti, a parasite that is carried by deer ticks and lives in red blood cells, according to the story. There were 119 cases of babesiosis in the bottom of the Hudson Valley in 2008, compared with only 6 cases in 2001. The disease also become more common in areas where Lyme also spread by deer ticks, disease is endemic, as the coastal Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Long Island. Dr. Peter Krause, school of public health at Yale, said that the disease is spreading slowly also in other regions, such as the Upper Midwest. Many infected people have no symptoms, others experience mild to moderate symptoms and some get seriously ill and may even die, history, he said. The blood screen not Babesia to banks because the food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not authorized a test for the parasite and experts fear that many patients diagnosed cannot donate blood. Babesiosis is the most common infections transmitted by transfusion in the United States, at least 12 deaths blamed, says the report. "They are very concerned and efforts to confront this being," said Sanjai Kumar, head of the laboratory for emerging pathogens of the FDA, the Times.
20. in June times history
Hand disinfectant brand of cough can reduce flu in schools
Although the implementation of a program at the school of etiquette of disinfectant and hand cough use does not decrease influenza confirmed by laboratory, which reduce the total absences by 26% and 52% for influenza, according to a new study. Researchers with the project of the Pittsburgh influenza prevention assigned five schools of the city to the nonpharmaceutical intervention program (NPI) and other five to serve as controls, 3360 children participants. With evidence of reverse transcriptase RT-PCR for detection of 54 cases of influenza a and 50 cases of flu absences b. Total were significantly lower (26%) in schools NPI, as were the cases of swine flu confirmed by laboratory (52%), although overall influenza confirmed by laboratory was not significantly lower. The authors, "our results suggest that the NPIS can be an important complement to the programmes flu vaccination to reduce the number of influenza infections in children".
17 June summary J Ped infect Dis
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