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Extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli has emerged as an increasingly common cause of community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTIs).
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Much is being written about the transmission of MRSA between animals and humans. These investigators explored this problem from another angle, examining colonization of pet therapy dogs with MRSA, VRE, and C. difficile during visits to acute and long-term care facilities.
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In this issue: Aspirin dose and cardioprotection; uncovering modafinil's abuse potential; proton-pump inhibitors and clopidogrel; FDA actions.
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Malaria ranks among the world's most important infectious diseases. The last year for which good statistics have been amassed, 2006, saw 250 million cases and at least one million deaths.
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This exploratory study investigated the relationship between respiratory infections and MBL serum concentrations and the presence of six SNPs in the MBL2 gene promoter region (alleles H/L, X/Y, and P/Q) and exon 1 (wild type allele A and variant alleles B, C, and D) using real-time PCR.
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An increasing number of reports document transmission of MRSA between humans and animals, including people and their pets, horse trainers, and farm personnel.
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Data collected from the CDC's two surveillance systems for hospital-acquired infections tracked the rate of central-line-associated blood stream infections (CLA-BSIs) from 1997-2007. Data were not collected in 2005 during the transition between the two systems.
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In this study, 165 clinical isolates of rapidly growing mycobacteria (including M. abscessus, M. chelonae, M. peregrinum, M. fortuitum, M. mucogenicum, M. mageritense, M. alvei, M. smegmatis, M. porcinum, M. septicum, and M. wolinskyi) were tested for in vitro susceptibility to tigecycline and 10 other antibiotics (erythromycin, clarithromycin, azithro-mycin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, amikacin, tobra-mycin, cefoxitin, doxycycline, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) using a broth microdilution method.
