case presentation in this report, we describe a case of a cied infection in a 49-year-old female, admitted in 2013 to a hospital in copenhagen, denmark, with persistent staphylococcus epidermidis bacteremia without any clinical signs of generator-pocket infection and several negative tee studies. conclusions the diagnosis of cied infection was established with fluorodeoxyglucose positron emissi...

This article highlights the changes that have occurred during the revision process of the 1998 Canadian STD Guidelines. The complete Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2006 edition and the companion document, Quick Reference: Canadian STI Guidelines are available on the web in HTML and PDF format at the following website: www.publichealth.gc.ca/sti. Hard copies may be avail...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a widespread ubiquitous opportunistic pathogen, is a leading cause of opportunistic infections in humans and is associated with an ever-widening spectrum of infections and multidrug-resistance phenomena. The evolution and spread of antibiotic resistant pathogens has become a threat to public health and strongly affects the effectiveness of most currently available antimi...

We tested the hypothesis that maternal worm infections in pregnancy affect infant motor and neurocognitive development, and that anthelminthic treatment during pregnancy can reverse these effects. We used measures which examine infant motor, cognitive and executive function, including inhibition. We assessed 983 Ugandan infants aged 15 months, using locally appropriate measures within the Enteb...

Globally, men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately burdened with syphilis. This review describes the published literature on trends in syphilis infections among MSM in the US and Western Europe from 1998, the period with the fewest syphilis infections in both geographical areas, onwards. We also describe disparities in syphilis trends among various sub-populations of MSM. We searc...

background: resistance to anti-tuberculosis (tb) drugs is a global problem. previous studies showed that the prevalence of primary mdr-tb is higher and has been increasing. the purpose of this study was to determine the primary drug resistance in strains isolated from patients with smear-positive of the new cases to anti-tb drugs. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 266 smear positive pulmo...

conclusions despite implementation of community-level harm reduction strategies in iran, infectious complications due to illicit drug use are frequent and often require care at the hospital. introducing harm reductions services at an inpatient level may improve the quality of care provided and help reduce the burden of accrue from drug use. background infectious complications among injection dr...

aims: the internal unit and icu of hospitals are a suitable environment for growing of bacteria such as staphylococcus epidermidis, pseudomonas and acinetobacters. the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of using disinfectants on bacterial remove in isfahan city, iran, hospitals. instrument & methods: this descriptive study was performed in isfahan city, iran, hospitals in 2015. 200 ...