OBJECTIVE To determine whether Clostridium difficile is present in the food of hospitalized patients and to estimate the risk of subsequent colonization associated with C. difficile in food. METHODS This was a prospective cohort study of inpatients at a university-affiliated tertiary care center, May 9, 2011-July 12, 2012. Enrolled patients submitted a portion of food from each meal. Patient st...

71 samples of milk and dairy products were collected from 18 cities throughout iran. 93 strains of lactic acid bacteria (lab) were isolated and assayed against four opportunistic patho gens including e. coli, proteus and klebsiella as gram-negative and s. aureus as a gram-positive organism. all indicators (organisms) were hospital strains. among isolated bacteria, lactobacilli (37 isolates) had...

conclusions our findings implied that a wide range of bacteria could be involved in creating urinary tract infection in patients referred to a medical laboratory of kashani and hajar hospital in shahrekord, iran. regardless of age, sex and the use of catheter, a wide range of bacteria could be involved in urinary tract infections. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study 147 urine sam...

Clostridia difficile is a gram positive, spore forming anaerobic bacilli1 Infection occurs when the organism is ingested. Though initially thought of as a nosocomial infection, community acquired clostridia difficile infection is increasingly recognized.2 Clostridia Difficile produces a variety of toxins, toxin A (enterotoxin) and B (cytotoxin) are the toxins most frequently linked to disease. ...

Serratia marcescens is a species of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Enterobacteriaceae. S. marcescens can cause nosocomial infections, particularly catheter-associated bacteremia, urinary tract infections, and wound infections. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of Serratia marcescens strain LCT-SM213, which was isolated from CGMCC 1.1857.

OBJECTIVE Correlate the evolution of the resistance of Staphylococcus aureus collected from healthcare workers with the local consumption of antibiotics. MATERIAN AND METHODS: Open prospective research. Study Site. General Reference Hospital with 200 beds in a 700,000 inhabitant region, in Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil. RESULTS Two collections (samples) of Staphylococcus aureus isolates were o...

Background: The pandemic caused by the new coronavirus is overwhelming world. Bacteria and fungi were detected in some cases, which suggested associations between COVID-19 bacterial fungal infections. Objectives: To provide suggestions treatment opinions analyzing laboratory data of patients co-infected with bacteria. Methods: We analyzed 63 admitted to isolation ward First Affiliated Hospital ...

There has been a startling shift in the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection over the last decade worldwide, and it is now increasingly recognized as a cause of diarrhea in the community. Classically considered a hospital-acquired infection, it has now emerged in populations previously considered to be low-risk and lacking the traditional risk factors for C. difficile infection, such...

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the leading cause of nosocomial diarrhoea in older people, causing substantial morbidity and mortality. The fact that CDI is almost exclusively a disease of older people and the debilitated indicates that patient susceptibility is a major determinant of who gets CDI. It would help efforts to combat this disease if we better understood and could reduce pa...

We implemented hospital information system (HIS) alerts to deter unnecessary test orders for ovum and parasite (O&P) exams and Clostridium difficile PCR. The HIS alerts decreased noncompliant O&P orders (orders after >72 h of hospitalization) from 49.8% to 30.9%, an overall decrease of 19%, and reduced noncompliant C. difficile PCR orders (orders <7 days after a previous positive result) from 3...