Prevention of mould infections

The prevention of pneumococcal infections

Editorial Streptococcus pneumoniae causes considerable number of diseases like pneumonia, bacteremia or sepsis, meningitis, otitis media, sinusitis, peritonitis, endocarditis, osteo-myelitis, septic arthritis, and soft tissue infection [1-3]. According to the Korean statistics of death, 12,021 people died of pneumonia during the year 2014, mortality is 23.7 per 100,000 people, accounting for 4....

Prevention of surgical-site infections.

Prevention of infections with cytomegalovirus.

INTRODUCTION TO THE PANEL DISCUSSION There is a need for prevention of cytomegalovirus infection. This is easiest to justify in the case of congenital infections with CMV that lead to severe congenital illnesses. In addition, the reactivation type of CMV infection has become increasingly a problem in persons who receive organ transplants and immunosuppressive therapy. One of the more striking s...

Prevention of Chlamydia trachomatis infections

Urogenital chlamydia infection, caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection in Sweden. In 2008 it was estimated by WHO that there were 105.7 million new cases of CT worldwide, an increase by 4.2 million cases (4.1%) compared to 2005. If untreated, CT infections can progress to serious reproductive health problems, especially in...

A study of the status of the elderly; bacterial infections, their causes, prevention, and control methods

Background: On the 26th anniversary of the International Day of Older Persons in 2015 with the slogan "the elderly, advocates of dynamism, growth, and the youth of the population", 12% (900 million individuals) of the world population were above 65 years of age. It is estimated that this rate will reach 22% (2 milliard individuals) by 2050. The purpose of the present study was to dete...