The microbiological assessment of the air in operating theatres is critical to control hospital-acquired infections. Regular surveillance is an important tool to evaluate the quality of air and find areas requiring intervention. In this context, the present study is undertaken to assess and compare ...
Author(s)
Karigoudar, R. M.; Wavare, S. M.; Lakshmi Kakhandki; Smitha Bagali; Kumar, I. H.
Publisher
Dr. M N Khan, Bhopal, India
Citation
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2020, 14, 4, pp 2691-2697
Background: Antimicrobial resistance is highly prevalent in low-income and middle-income countries. International travel contributes substantially to the global spread of intestinal multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Hundreds of millions of annual visitors to low-income and middle-income...
Author(s)
Kantele, A.; Kuenzli, E.; Dunn, S. J.; Dance, D. A. B.; Newton, P. N.; Davong, V.; Mero, S.; Pakkanen, S. H.; Neumayr, A.; Hatz, C.; Snaith, A.; Kallonen, T.; Corander, J.; McNally, A.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Lancet Microbe, 2021, 2, 4, pp e151-e158
The microbial content of air has as yet been little described, despite its public health implications, and there remains a lack of environmental microbial data on airborne microflora in enclosed spaces. In this context, the aim of this study was to characterize the diversity and dynamics of...
Author(s)
Gaüzère, C.; Moletta-Denat, M.; Blanquart, H.; Ferreira, S.; Moularat, S.; Godon, J. J.; Robine, E.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation
Indoor Air, 2014, 24, 1, pp 29-40
Eight cases of infection with Escherichia coli O157 PT2 and one case of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) occurred in people attending a music festival held on a dairy farm in Glastonbury, UK, in June 1997. Seven of the isolates of E. coli O157 PT2 were indistinguishable, and the other isolate...
Citation
CDR Weekly, 1997, 7, 30, pp 263...266
Purpose of Review: Mass gatherings (MGs) are characterized by a high concentration of people at a specific time and location. Infectious diseases are of particular concern at MGs. The aim of this review was to summarize findings in the field of infectious diseases with a variety of pathogens...
Author(s)
Van-Thuan Hoang; Gautret, P.
Publisher
Springer, New York, USA
Citation
Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2018, 20, 11, pp 44
We describe the introduction of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 and Escherichia coli ST410, and OXA-48-producing K. pneumoniae ST101 strains to Poland by two patients transported to the country after hospitalisation in Tunisia. The patients had gunshot wounds following the terrorist...
Author(s)
Izdebski, R.; Bojarska, K.; Baraniak, A.; Literacka, E.; Herda, M.; Żabicka, D.; Guzek, A.; Półgrabia, M.; Hryniewicz, W.; Gniadkowski, M.
Publisher
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
Citation
Eurosurveillance, 2015, 20, 23, pp 21150
A total of 7 persons who attended the 1997 Glastonbury Music Festival in Somerset, UK, were infected with vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli O157 and an eighth person had serological evidence of infection. Cases were reported from different parts of England. Patients were interviewed by telephone...
Author(s)
Crampin, M.; Willshaw, G.; Hancock, R.; Djuretic, T.; Elstob, C.; Rouse, A.; Cheasty, T.; Stuart, J.
Citation
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 1999, 18, 4, pp 286-288