In 2006, the first isolate of KPC-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the world was identified in Colombia. Recently, similar strains have been reported in Puerto Rico. We now report KPC-2-producing P. aeruginosa in Trinidad and Tobago. Surveillance for similar strains is warranted, considering their wide geographic spread and known association with mobile genetic elements.

Daisuke Tanaka, Tomoko Shima, Junko Isobe, Masanori Watahiki*, Masakado Matsumoto, Miyoko Endoh, Rumi Okuno, Kikuyo Ogata and Yoshiyuki Nagai Department of Bacteriology, Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama 939-0363; Department of Microbiology, Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Nagoya 462-8576; Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Public Health Research Institute, Tokyo 169-...

Microbial cells sense and respond to their environment using their surface constituents. Therefore, understanding the assembly and biophysical properties of cell surface molecules is an important research topic. With its ability to observe living microbial cells at nanometer resolution and to manipulate single-cell surface molecules, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a powerful tool ...

M Koopmans ([email protected])1,2, H G Niesters3, K Benschop1,4, K Wolthers4, R Schuurman5, S D Pas2, E C Claas6, A Kroneman1, J C Rahamat-Langendoen3, H Vennema3, H van der Avoort1 1. Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, Center for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands 2. Department of Virology, Erasmu...

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infections of the cerebrospinal shunts and other neurosurgical structures are not uncommon in the clinical practice. these infections are mostly clinical emergencies carrying negative prognostic impacts on the patients as well as spending healthcare resources. the low pathogenicity nature of some implicated pathogens results in minimal physical signs that may complicate the diagnosis and mislea...

The use of photograms provides a permanent record of microbiological assays in which diffusion of a substance in agar is measured. The accuracy of this procedure is comparable to direct measurement. This technique is inexpensive, does not require special photographic equipment, and is applicable to many tests commonly employed in clinical microbiology and immunology laboratories.

Microbiology is a relatively modern scientific discipline intended to objectively study microorganisms, including pathogens and nonpathogens. However, since its birth, this science has been negatively affected by anthropocentric convictions, including rational and irrational beliefs. Among these, for example, is the artificial separation between environmental and medical microbiology that weake...