Assays that expedite the reporting of organism identification and antibiotic susceptibility status in positive blood cultures can fast track interventions that improve clinical outcomes. We evaluated the Verigene Gram-positive blood culture nucleic acid test (BC-GP) in two pediatric hospitals. Positive BacT/Alert Pediatric FAN blood cultures with Gram-positive organisms were tested using the BC...

Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 13, No. 5, May 2007 801 We believe that patients with severe combined immunodefi ciency and any form of mild local changes at the BCG injection site should be given single or double anti-TB therapy, which should be continued until complete immunologic reconstitution occurs after bone marrow transplant. Severe local BCG infection with regiona...

Macrolide resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae has been increasing rapidly in Southeast Asia. A review from 2000 through 2011 at Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital that evaluated drug resistance to erythromycin found S. pneumoniae from 158 of the 390 (40.5%) patients: 3.6% intermediate, 36.9% highly resistant. A significant correlation was found between macrolide resistant S. pneumoniae and penicill...

This cross sectional study was conducted to identify the common bacterial causes of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) from sputum and blood by culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and to evaluate the effectiveness of these tests. A total of 105 sputum and blood samples were collected from patients with pneumonia on clinical suspicion. Common causative bacterial agents of pneumonia were ...

http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7433/203 Updated information and services can be found at: These include: References http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7433/203#BIBL This article cites 2 articles, 1 of which can be accessed free at: Rapid responses http://bmj.com/cgi/eletter-submit/328/7433/203 You can respond to this article at: http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7433/203#responses free ...

In this paper the general immunological significance of the intact pneumococcus cell and of its protein and carbohydrate components is discussed.