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Publikováno v:
Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 2:9-14
Background: Fecal microbiota transplantation is a promising therapeutic alternative for refractory Clostridium difficile infection. Self-stool donation can overcome challenges with donor screening and eliminate risks of blood borne pathogen exposure.
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Infection Control. 40:883-885
All 899 roommates exposed to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) index cases were studied over 57 months. MRSA detection is better at approximately 3 days (50%-55%) or 7 days (56%) after contact has been broken than day 0 (30%). Polyme
Autor:
Diane White, Linda Davis, Joanne Tomassi, Andrea Currie, Suzanne Waldman, Ewa Odrobina, Kevin Katz
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 46:3101-3103
All medical and high-risk surgical patients were screened for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization over 3.5 years. The sensitivities of nasal and rectal swabs were 68% and 62%, respectively. Naris and open-skin-site swabs detected
Publikováno v:
Journal of clinical microbiology. 45(7)
An updated IDI-MRSA assay version was released to address the assay's low positive predictive value (PPV). A prospective analysis of two assay versions indicated no significant improvement in the PPV. Colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococ
Autor:
Diane White, Wil Ng, Doreen Alexander, Maureen Acomb, Joanne Tomassi, Nurun Muhammed, Zoran Pikula, Kevin Katz
Publikováno v:
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
• If an exposed roommate was discharged before day 7, the patient’s family physician was asked to undertake cultures at day 7 post exposure and provide the results to the hospital. If a patient was transferred to another facility before day 7, pa
Autor:
Moreen Acomb, Doreen Alexander, Wil Ng, Zoran Pikula, Kevin Katz, Diane White, Joanne Tomassi
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Infection Control. 42:S29