1799. Next Generation Fecal Transplant for Recurrent C. difficile Infection with and without Antiobiotic Pre-Treatment: Lessons Learned from the PUNCH CD Phase 2 Safety Study Paul Mariani, MD; Connie S. Price, MD; Robert Orenstein, DO; Hill Harris, MD, MPH; Mary Kay Sobcinski, RN, MHA; University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Fargo, ND; Department of Medicine, Division o...

OBJECTIVE To report a potential salvage therapy for refractory renal cyst infection secondary to Salmonellaenterica serotype choleraesuis (S. choleraesuis). CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 52-year-old male with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis experienced an episode of S. choleraesuis-related gastroenteritis subsequently complicated by bloodstream ...

It is acknowledged that local and systemic inflammatory processes play an important role in the development and progression of atherosclerotic lesions, and in the pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes. Established cardiovascular risk factors do not completely explain the epidemiological changes of, and the diverse presentations of, coronary heart disease. This had led to increasing intere...

Tylosin is a macrolide antiobiotic produced by fermentation from a culture of streptomyces fradiae. Both tylosin (C4,H77NO,7, MW: 9042) and tylosin tartrate (C47H77NO,7. C4H606, MW: 1054-3) have found wide practical use as an animal health and growth agent. They are used principally to combat dysentery in pigs and respiratory infections in poultry and may be added to the animal feed, to the dri...

Methods A one-day prevalence survey in 2008 was conducted in 36 hospitals representing three different hospital levels across Vietnam. Medical records of all inpatients were reviewed to collect demographics, number and antibiotic class, and indications for antibiotic prescription. Based on the guidelines of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, USA, reasons fo...