CDC EID Press Summaries Update
October EID Press Summaries
1. Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis with Severe Manifestations, Missouri, USA Scott Folk, et al.
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus is spread by rodents, particularly the common house mouse, and is found throughout the world. The virus, which usually causes mild illness with nonspecific symptoms, can at times cause severe disease. Two patients in Missouri, who reported seeing mice in their homes before becoming ill, came down with serious nervous system disease. Although both patients recovered, these cases provide a reminder of the potential severity of this virus. Patients with nervous system disease of unknown cause, especially those who have had contact with wild or pet rodents, should be tested for this virus.
2. Antimicrobial Ointments and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300, Masahiro Suzuki, et al.
Got a cut? Reach for the triple antimicrobial-drug ointment? Not so fast. In the United States, common use of over-the-counter triple antimicrobial ointments may be leading to emergence of a new, antimicrobial-drug resistant MRSA strain. This resistant strain (USA300) is common in the United States, where we these ointments are used often, but less common in Japan, where they are not used as often. This finding supports more cautious use of topical antimicrobial drugs.
3. Clostridium difficile Infection in Outpatients, Maryland and Connecticut, USA, 2002–2007, Jon Mark Hirshon, et al.
Cattle and goats as protection against Lyme disease? A study of risk along a hiking trail in Germany found that risk was much lower on the parts of the trail that passed through cattle or goat pasture than through meadow or abandoned land. Not only were there fewer ticks in the pasture, but fewer ticks from those areas carried the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Proposed reasons are that grazing decreases the tick habitat and that ticks lose Lyme disease bacteria when they feed on these animals. Thus, using land as cattle and goat pasture might also minimize Lyme disease risk for people on that land. Particular methods of landscape management also appear to support public health.
4. Humans Infected with Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, Russia, Alexander E. Platonov, et al.
Borreliae bacteria cause rash and flu-like illnesses, including Lyme disease, and relapsing fever. Recently, a new type of borrelia (Borrelia miyamotoi) was found to cause relapsing fever in people in Russia. Because the ticks that carry this new type of bacteria are found around the world (including the tick that transmits Lyme disease and babesiosis) the infection could become widespread. Disease caused by this new borreliamay cause repeated bouts of fever and are costly in terms of medical bills and lost wages. Although effective treatment is available, diagnosis and treatment are complicated by lack of awareness of this infection, limited availability of diagnostic tests, and nonspecific symptoms.
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