Bioinformatics Tools in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Prevention Algorithms

Microbiology and Epidemiology of Infectious Spinal Disease

OBJECTIVE Infectious spinal disease is regarded as an infection by a specific organism that affects the vertebral body, intervertebral disc and adjacent perivertebral soft tissue. Its incidence seems to be increasing as a result of larger proportion of the older patients with chronic debilitating disease, the rise of intravenous drug abuser, and the increase in spinal procedure and surgery. In ...

Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

The Lebanese Society for Infectious Dieseases and Clinical Microbiology

Results It includes 46 infectious diseases physicians as well as clinical microbiologists. The members are spread across the country. All physicians are involved in managing infection control programs in their respective hospitals. So far the Society has organized twelve national and regional congresses on infectious diseases and clinical microbiology. Over the last 4 years, a yearly course on ...

17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)

Microbiology and Infectious Disease / INTEGRITY OF URINE SPECIMENS

Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and/or Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in urine using molecular amplification assays has permitted institutions with limited medical facilities to offer testing for these sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The Nebraska Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) investigated the validity of urine samples submitted for C trachomatis and/or N gonorrhoeae amplification af...