Clustered epidemics of pustulosis due to Staphylococcus aureus occurred in two geographically distant newborn nurseries. In nurseries A and B an attack rate of pustulosis of 0.8 and 2.0 cases per 100 live births occurred, respectively. Experimental phage type 1046/1116 belonging to phage group II dominated clustered epidemics in nursery A, while group II phage type 3A/3C/55/71 and 3A/3C/55 occu...

Forest nurseries in Sweden produce ca. 360 million seedlings of Pinus sylvestris L. and Picea abies (L.) Karst. annually. Fungi represent the largest microbial component in rhizospheres and may significantly affect health and, consequently, quality of the seedlings. The aim of this study was to assess fungi focusing on pathogens in roots and the sphagnum peat growth substrate of healthy-looking...

Surveys of blueberry [rabbiteye ( Vaccinium virgatum ) and southern highbush corymbosum interspecific hybrids)] nurseries in the State Georgia, USA, were conducted 2007 2022 to determine prevalence associations among propagation practices, especially related disease management. As indicated by reduction surveyed (7) compared with (18), Georgia nursery industry has consolidated. However, cultura...

In an earlier paper (Krestin, 1944) it was shown that rickets, although generally of a mild nature, still presented a problem in infant entrants to the wartime nurseries of Preston, since 36 per cent. of those under two years were found to have evidence of past or active disease, and in some of the poorer districts the incidence was considerably higher. Moreover, it was further noted that even ...

Production of nursery crops in the US is accomplished in containerand field-growing conditions, with propagation and seedling-rearing carried out in greenhouses; 11% of the US national farm-product is represented by these crops. Container-grown crops represent 60% of the US market and represent a highly labor-intensive and thus costly segment of ornamental crop production. The USDA, NASA and th...

OBJECTIVE To study the incidence and outcome of systemic infections with methicillin sensitive (MSSA) and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in Australasian neonatal nurseries. METHODS Prospective longitudinal study of systemic infections (clinical sepsis plus positive cultures of blood and/or cerebrospinal fluid) in 17 Australasian neonatal nurseries. RESULTS The...