Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) cause human infections that characteristically involve indwelling medical devices with an infection course that is usually indolent. In contrast, Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a species of CoNS that can cause infection of either a device or native tissue with an aggressive clinical course more reflective of infection due to Staphylococcus aureus (4, 5). T...

Infective endocarditis (IE) and small-vessel vasculitis may have similar clinical features, including glomerulonephritis. Furthermore the association between IE and ANCA positivity is well documented, making differential diagnosis between IE- and ANCA-associated vasculitis particularly difficult, especially in case of culture-negative IE. We report on one patient with glomerulonephritis seconda...

Background The outcome of patients with bacteremia is influenced by the initial selection of adequate antimicrobial therapy. However, at the early stage of a bloodstream infection, microbiological identification and susceptibility of the causative organism are not available. Therefore, a calculated (empirical) antimicrobial therapy has to be started, based on the knowledge of the most likely mi...

Objective: To determine the efficacy of direct germ tube method in early detections of candida albicans. Introduction: Blood stream infections (BSIs) caused by Candida species are on the increase and associated with high mortality rates, which are due in part to delay in the administration of appropriate antifungal therapy. Earlier identification of yeast isolates from blood cultures may improv...

Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 disease associated with animal exhibits have been reported with increasing frequency. Transmission can occur through contact with contaminated haircoats, bedding, farm structures, or water. We investigated the distribution and survival of E. coli O157:H7 in the immediate environments of individually housed, experimentally inoculated cattle by systematically...

During a 4-year period, 9465 specimens for blood culture were obtained from 11,911 highly febrile, otherwise healthy young children. Of these specimens, 87 (0.9%) yielded nonpathogens and were considered to be false-positive blood culture results (FPBCRs). Seventy-two of the patients who provided these specimens were treated on an outpatient basis (resulting in $10,821 in treatment charges), an...

conclusions performing only culture method led to missed false negative carriers. therefore, it is recommended that both the pcr assay and conventional culture method be routinely performed to detect gbs in pregnant women accurately. pcr diagnosis demonstrated a shorter turnaround time when compared with the time consuming culture method. results the prevalence of gbs in the 203 collected sampl...

INTRODUCTION Diagnosis of brucellosis in Syria is based on the presence of compatible symptoms in addition to positive agglutination results. This study investigated the potential of culture, ELISA and real-time PCR to support the diagnosis in different clinical manifestations of brucellosis. METHODOLOGY Peripheral blood samples from 34 suspected brucellosis patients and 42 probable chronic o...