OBJECTIVE To determine the microbiology of recurrent sinus infections occurring in patients after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). DESIGN Retrospective review of sinus cultures obtained over a 4-year period from a consecutive series of patients who underwent ESS. SETTING An academic general otolaryngology practice. RESULTS A total of 290 cultures were performed in 125 patients after ESS. T...

Bacterial populations contaminating various tissues of fish cultured in fish ponds fertilized with different organic wastes have been studied. Twenty-five genera of bacteria were identified as associated with the fish tissues. The identified bacteria included one genus of spiral and curved bacteria, one genus of Gram-negative aerobic rod, sixteen genera of Gram-negative facultative anaerobic ro...

We analyzed 69 bacterial isolates, comprising seven species of gram-negative bacterial rods and three species of coagulase-negative staphylococci, recovered from both the hands of caretakers and their environment in households sampled in upper Manhattan. Repetitive sequence-based PCR and dendrogram analysis were used to determine strain similarity. Greater than 25% of individual species of Acin...

Waste water of municipal sewerage system contains several types’ of pathogenic bacteria which can become air borne in case of mechanical disturbance. There is some evidence which indicate that enteric diseases prevailed in communities that may be associated with aerosols generated from waste water containing enteric pathogens. The present aero-bacteriological investigation included enumeration,...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Patients at intensive-care-unit (ICU) are at risk of acquiring nosocomial infections which contributes to higher rates. Approximately 25% of all hospital infections and 90% of outbreaks occur in ICUs. Multi- resistant gram-negative rods are important pathogens in ICUs, causing high rate of mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial resist...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) access device placement in the pediatric population presents challenges due to the development of infections following placement, access or revision, and/or shunt malfunctions. Here we report an unusual pediatric case of L. monocytogenes ventriculitis/VP shunt (VPS) infection and associated pseudocyst with an emphasis on the importance of VPS removal in clearing the in...