Detection of clonal KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 in Korea during nationwide surveillance in 2011 [ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY... 16 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am

This study analysed the characteristics and genetic similarity of recent Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC-2)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Korea. Recent laboratory surveillance...

A 10 year surveillance for antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in community- and hospital-associated intra-abdo... 16 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am

The objective of this study was to investigate the susceptibility of hospital-associated (HA) and community-associated (CA) Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from patients with intra...

Rapid detection of Clostridium difficile toxins from stool samples using real-time multiplex PCR [CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY] 16 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am

In this study, a total of 650 stool samples were tested to show that our method is capable of detecting four Clostridium difficile genes; tcdA, tcdB, encoding toxin A (TcdA) and toxin B (TcdB), and th...

Non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae bacteraemia: case report and review of the literature [CASE REPORTS] 16 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am

Vibrio cholerae is a serious public health problem worldwide, but in the UK, V. cholerae infections are rare. Here, we report a case of V. cholerae bacteraemia in an elderly patient. To our knowledge,...

Salmonella enterica serovar Minnesota urosepsis in a patient with Crohn's disease in the absence of recent or current gastrointestinal symptoms [CASE ... 16 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am

Salmonella enterica serovar Minnesota is a rarely isolated organism in clinical samples mainly grown from stool cultures. Sepsis due to Salmonella is known in severely immunocompromised patients, but ...

A case of spotted fever rickettsiosis in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient [CASE REPORTS] 16 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am

Identification of Staphylococcus aureus from enriched nasal swabs within 24 h is improved with use of multiple culture media [CORRESPONDENCE] 16 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am

Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is commonly evaluated via culture-based methods. We found that parallel use of two media, Baird-Parker and CHROMagar™ Staph aureus, increased detection of S. au...

Clostridium difficile - special collection [EDITORIAL] 16 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am

Gut solutions to a gut problem: bacteriocins, probiotics and bacteriophage for control of Clostridium difficile infection [REVIEW] 16 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients and imposes a considerable financial burden on health service providers in both Europe and...

Expression and display of Clostridium difficile protein FliD on the surface of Bacillus subtilis spores [PAPERS] 16 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am

The endospores of Bacillus subtilis can serve as a tool for surface presentation of heterologous proteins. The unique properties of the spore protective layers make them perfect vehicles for orally ad...