BACKGROUND Bloodstream infection (BSI) in children causes significant morbidity and mortality. There are few studies describing the epidemiology of BSI in South African children. METHODS A retrospective descriptive cohort study was conducted at a paediatric referral hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) microbiology database was accessed to identif...

BACKGROUND The use of disinfectant pre-soaked wipes (DPW) to decontaminate high-touch environmental surfaces (HTES) by wiping is becoming increasingly widespread in the healthcare environment. However, DPW are rarely tested using conditions simulating their field use, and the label claims of environmental surface disinfectants seldom include wiping action. AIM To evaluate the new E2967-15 sta...

Abstract Introduction Identification of a causative agent in patients with infective endocarditis (IE) is crucial for diagnostic and prescribing etiotropic therapy which defines positive outcome disease. High rate culture negative IE inaccurate results traditional microbiological methods raise concern. So the etiological diagnostics are need development, particularly introduction polymerase cha...

The occurrence of Gram-negative pathogenic and opportunistic species, was studied for two years on air. soil and leachate from the San Nicolás Landfill. Aguascalientes, Mexico. For soil and leachate four samplings were done, two during the dry season and two during the rainy season. For soil there were 15 sampling points, the leachate samples were taken on the leachate tank. For air, twelve sam...

BACKGROUND Topical antimicrobials are employed for prophylaxis and treatment of burn wound infections despite no established susceptibility breakpoints, which are becoming vital in an era of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. We compared two methods of determining topical antimicrobial susceptibilities. METHODS Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate, sequentially, tracheal aspirates from patients admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit and to associate these pathogens with length of hospital stay, previous use of antimicrobial therapy and diagnoses of ventilator-associated pneumonia. METHODS The study population consisted of patients admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit, between November 2002 and December...

INTRODUCTION Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase-negative staphylococci, Enterococcus spp., Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumanii have been found to be the most prevalent bacteremia-causing bacteria in patients with septicemia. Early detection of bloodstream infection (BSI) is crucial in the clinical setting. A multiplex PCR method for identification of these agent...

Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI), are a cause of prolonged hospital stay, are inconvenient for the patient, constitute an economic burden on health care and increase the mortality of hospitalised patients. The aim of this point prevalence study was to estimate the burden of various hospital acquired infections in our hospital and the major related risk factors for acquiring HAIs. This study h...

Sesamia nonagrioides (Lef.) is a major insect pest of sugarcane in southwestern Iran. It also damages maize and rice in this area. Using bacterial pathogens of insects as a biological control agent in an IPM program could be advantageous. In this study, the bacterial flora of S. nonagrioides were investigated in dead larvae with appearance of some bacterial disease. Samples were collected from ...