The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with relapses or re-infections in patients with recurring Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs). From September 2008 to January 2012, cases with two or more isolates from consecutive CDI episodes were included. PCR-ribotyping and multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis were performed using paired isolates. Among 473 patien...

A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00028-017-0390-6

For a provably recursive function f : N→ N of PA one can consider the notion of f -consistency for PA, Conf (PA) := ∀xCon(PA f(x)), where PA k denotes the fragment of PA with induction restricted to Σk formulae. It was shown in [8] that for a certain slow growing function f the strength of PA + Conf (PA) lies strictly between PA and PA + Con(PA). Letting τBH be the Bachmann-Howard ordinal, this...

Background: Old age is accompanied by impaired musculoskeletal and nervous system, which may result in low mobility and cognitive problems. This study aims to evaluate the relationship between Physical Activity (PA) and Cognitive Function (CF) among the elderly population. Objectives: ?? Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 200 old people who were memb...

The increased prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has coincided with enhanced transmissibility and severity of disease, which is often linked to two distinct clonal lineages designated PCR-ribotype 027 and 017 responsible for CDI outbreaks in the USA, Europe and Asia. We assessed sporulation and susceptibility of three PCR-ribotypes; 012, 017 and 027 to four classes of disinfect...