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Task Force for a rapid response to an outbreak of severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children in Portugal in 2022
Euro Surveill. 2023 Sep;28(38). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.38.2300171.ABSTRACTOn 5 April 2022, the United Kingdom reported an increase of cases of severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children, several needing hospitalisation and some required liver transplant or died. Thereafter, 35 countries reported probable cases, almost half of them in Europe. Facing the alert, on 28 April, Portugal created a multidisciplinary Task Force (TF) for rapid detection of probable cases and response. The experts of the TF came from various disciplines: clinicians, laboratory experts, epidemiologists, public health experts an...
Source: Euro Surveill - September 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Berta Grau-Pujol Jo ão Vieira Martins Isabel Goncalves Fernanda Rodrigues Rita de Sousa Dina Oliveira Joana Bettencourt Diana Mendes In ês Mateus de Cunha Sara Pocinho Ana Firme Benvinda Estela Dos Santos Andr é Peralta Santos Maria Jo ão Albuquerque Source Type: research
Prevalence of Type III Secretion System (T3SS) and Biofilm Development in Genetically Heterogeneous Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Nigeria
This study examined 430 clinical isolates from our previous work, comprising 181 MDR (multidrug-resistant) and 249 non-MDR isolates. Biofilm production and type III secretion toxins were determined using colorimetric microtiter plate assay and polymerase chain reaction, respectively. Carbapenem-resistant isolates were typed using REP-PCR and BOX-PCR. Biofilm production was detected in 386/430 (89.8%) of the isolates. Out of 386 biofilm producers, 167 (43.3%) were multidrug-resistant isolates. PCR identified four T3SS virulence types among 430 isolates, including 78 (18.1%) exoU+/exoS- isolates, 343 (79.8%) exoU-/exoS + iso...
Source: Current Microbiology - September 21, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Oluwatoyin B Olaniran Ahmed Donia Olufemi E Adeleke Habib Bokhari Source Type: research
A Campylobacteriosis Outbreak Caused by One Asymptomatic Food Handler Carrier
Biomed Environ Sci. 2023 Aug 20;36(8):779-782. doi: 10.3967/bes2023.105.ABSTRACTIn August 2021, three students with diarrhea from the same school visited a local hospital in the S district of Beijing. An epidemic investigation showed that there were more students with diarrhea in the same school and they had one meal together. Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from both patients with diarrhea and asymptomatic food handlers; however, the latter also carried Campylobacter coli. Phylogenomic analysis showed that there was a campylobacteriosis outbreak among the students, and the asymptomatic food handler may have been the sou...
Source: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences : BES - September 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Ai Xia Yan Gui Lan Zhou Peng Gao Ying Kang Shou Fei Li Yuan Yuan Wang Feng Shuang Wang Hai Rui Wang Ying Li Mao Jun Zhang Source Type: research
Management Quality of Surgical Instrument and Influence of Cleaning and Sterilization on the Surgical Outcomes of the Patient: A Review
Altern Ther Health Med. 2023 Sep 15:AT8850. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWhen a medical device or surgical instrument comes into contact with the patient's sterile tissue or mucous membrane during the various processes, the risk of introducing infections into the patient's body increases. Furthermore, an infection may be transmitted from one patient to another, from a patient to a member of the medical staff and vice versa or from the environment to the patient via improperly sterilized or disinfected equipment. A number of outbreaks and diseases have been documented in the hospital setting as a result of poorly sanitized...
Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine - September 14, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Shuwen Zheng Dong Jiang Ping Liu Huiqin Zhang Source Type: research
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on erectile function in Chinese CP/CPPS patients
This study aimed to investigate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on erectile function in Chinese patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). A retrospective study was conducted on 657 CP/CPPS patients who visited The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (Changsha, China) from November 2018 to November 2022. Patients were divided into two groups based on the timeline before and after the COVID-19 outbreak in China. The severity of CP/CPPS, penile erection status, anxiety, and depression was evaluated using the National Institutes of Health-Chronic Pro...
Source: Asian Journal of Andrology - September 11, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Wei-Jie Song Ji-Wei Huang Yuan Liu Wei Ding Zhi Long Le-Ye He Source Type: research
Case Report: Outbreak of Nosocomial Myiasis by Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera, Calliphoridae) in a Hospital in Colima, Mexico
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 11:tpmd220225. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0225. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMyiasis in humans is a disease caused by larvae of various fly families. It mainly occurs in communities with poor sanitation and low socioeconomic status. Meanwhile intrahospital or nosocomial myiasis represents a rare phenomenon but is of relevance to public health. Here, we report an outbreak of myiasis caused by Cochliomyia macellaria in five patients hospitalized for several diseases at the Service of Internal Medicine of the Hospital Regional Universitario de Colima, Mexico during June and July 2021. Three patients we...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - September 11, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Francisco Espinoza-G ómez Fabian Rojas-Larios Saulo Cruz-Sanchez Alejandrina Rodriguez-Hernandez Iv án Delgado-Enciso Source Type: research
