Central venous catheter (CVC) insertion is common in ICU practices; this can be a source of dangerous bacteremia, sepsis, multi organ failure and sometimes even death. We conducted this study to find out the rate of Catheter colonization, Catheter related blood stream infections (CRBSI), their association and microbial spectrum of CRBSI in critical care unit over 1 year period. Patients admitte...

1. Purified tuberculo-polysaccharides are relatively innocuous both to normal and to tuberculous guinea pigs. 2. Both tuberculo-polysaccharides and polysaccharides from pneumococci call larger numbers of leucocytes from the blood vessels than do saline and dextrose and trehalose. 3. The mechanisms controlling the delivery of lymphocytes and neutrophils into the blood stream are different. 4. Sl...

Leeches are segmented worms belonging to Phylum Annelida and make up the subclass Hirudinea. Leeches have been historically used in medicine to suck blood from patients. Ocular infestation with leech is rare, moreover it is often misdiagnosed. In this report, we describe 2 patients with continuous bright ocular bleeding after swimming in a pool, and pseudo iris prolapse in a child after trauma ...

We present a case of COVID-19 complicated by sporotrichosis and fusobacterium blood stream infections - no known prior cases fungemia nor polymicrobial bloodstream in patients. Severe COVID-19, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM), prolonged corticosteroid use contributed to immune dysregulation, increasing the patient's vulnerability infection. This highlights importance vigilance regarding ris...

From 06.05. to 11.05.2007, the Dagstuhl Seminar 07191 Event Processing was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar as well as abstracts of seminar results and ideas are put...

Neisseria meningitidis causes a severe, frequently fatal sepsis when it enters the human blood stream. Infection leads to extensive damage of the blood vessels resulting in vascular leak, the development of purpuric rashes and eventual tissue necrosis. Studying the pathogenesis of this infection was previously limited by the human specificity of the bacteria, which makes in vivo models difficul...

Both central venous catheters (CVCs) and peripheral intravenous cannulas (PVCs) have changed the management of patient care in a hospital setting. However there is a significant risk of local and/or blood stream infection with both 1,2 . Indeed, every day the catheters remain in place increases the chances of developing a related blood stream infection 3 . Healthcare associated infections (HCAI...

Trypanosoma eruzi is the causative agent of Chagas' disease which is endemic over wide areas of South America, Central America, and Mexico. This species differs in many respects from T. gambiense and T. rhodesiense, the etiological agents of African sleeping sickness, and some other species of trypanosomes causing disease in animals. In particular, T. cruzi infections are resistant to drug trea...