Coliform Contaminated Bedding and New Infections

Slime-producing Coliform and Coliform-like Bacteria.

Fungal infections associated with contaminated methylprednisolone injections.

BACKGROUND Fungal infections are rare complications of injections for treatment of chronic pain. In September 2012, we initiated an investigation into fungal infections associated with injections of preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate that was purchased from a single compounding pharmacy. METHODS Three lots of methylprednisolone acetate were recalled by the pharmacy; examination of u...

Bedding out

As I write these words, thick snow blankets my lawn and my Potentilla is badly frosted, but you know, we gardeners are never gloomy for long. We know, as we toast our muffins and stir our cocoa, that now is the time to plan next Summer's garden. Of course, with so many gardening programmes on the television nowadays, its quite easy to produce a colourful display. Almost too easy, for the boring...

Spinal and Paraspinal Fungal Infections Associated With Contaminated Methylprednisolone Injections

BACKGROUND A nationwide outbreak of fungal infections was traced to injection of Exserohilum-contaminated methylprednisolone. We describe our experience with patients who developed spinal or paraspinal infection after injection of contaminated methylprednisolone. METHODS Data were assembled from the Michigan Department of Community Health, electronic medical records, and magnetic resonance im...

New Microbes and New Infections

Editorial Board Jônatas Santos Abrahão Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Wuguo Chen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA François Denis University of Limoges, France Tahar Kernif Institut Pasteur d’Algérie, Algeria Xavier de Lamballerie Marseille Medical University, France Vu Dang La University of Pennsylvania, USA Míriam-José Álvarez Martínez University of Barcelona, Spain...