Aeromonas-Associated Infections in Developing Countries

Review Article Aeromonas-Associated Infections in Developing Countries

Although their role in gastroenteritis is controversial, Aeromonas species are recognized as etiological agents of a wide spectrum of diseases in man and animals. In developing countries, potentially pathogenic Aeromonas sp. are very common in drinking water and in different types of foods, particularly seafood. Several food-borne and water-borne outbreaks as well nosocomial outbreaks associate...

Health-care-associated infections in developing countries.

Health-care-associated infections in developing countries are a serious issue that is scarcely addressed in the scientifi c literature. Hence, the systematic review and meta-analysis in The Lancet by Benedetta Allegranzi and colleagues from WHO, which assessed the epidemiology of health-care-associated infections, is impressive. In this study, the investigators analysed pooled data from 220 sel...

Sexually Transmitted Infections In Developing Countries

Serious bacterial infections in newborn infants in developing countries.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The overwhelming majority of the world's annual 4 million neonatal deaths occur in developing countries. This review therefore briefly addresses the burden, aetiology, prevention and management of serious neonatal bacterial infections in low-income settings. RECENT FINDINGS Bacterial infection is the biggest cause of neonatal admissions to hospitals, and probably the biggest...

Outbreak of Aeromonas hydrophila wound infections associated with mud football.

On 16 February 2002, a total of 26 people presented to the emergency department of the local hospital in the rural town of Collie in southwest Western Australia with many infected scratches and pustules distributed over their bodies. All of the patients had participated in a "mud football" competition the previous day, in which there had been ~100 participants. One patient required removal of a...