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On-Demand Isolation of Bacteriophages Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria for Personalized Phage Therapy
2015
Bacteriophages are bacterial viruses, capable of killing even multi-drug resistant bacterial cells. For this reason, therapeutic use of phages is considered as a possible alternative to conventional antibiotics. However, phages are very host specific in comparison to wide-spectrum antibiotics and thus preparation of phage-cocktails beforehand against pathogens can be difficult. In this study, we evaluate whether it may be possible to isolate phages on-demand from environmental reservoir. We attempted to enrich infectious bacteriophages from sewage against nosocomial drug-resistant bacterial strains of different medically important species in order to evaluate the probability of discovering …
Daptomycin non-susceptible, vancomycin intermediate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from a chronic leg ulcer, Italy
2010
To the Editor,Human infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sequence type 398 (ST398) have been emerging in recent y in Europe [1–3]. Most studies have shown a stron...
Ventilator-associated Pneumonia and MRSA ST398, Italy
2010
To the Editor: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sequence type (ST)398 has become increasingly common in livestock, particularly pigs, in some countries in Europe, such as Spain and Germany (1). In Italy, prevalences as high as 14% and 21.6% in pig-breeding facilities and meat-processing sites, respectively, have been recently reported (1). Possible association of MRSA in animals with infection in humans has been investigated. One study showed a strong relationship between contact with pigs or calves and carriage by persons having direct contact with animals and families of persons who handle animals (2). Moreover, an MRSA prevalence >11.9% has been described by de Boer et …
Skaistumkonkursu aktualitāte un izpratne Latvijas sabiedrībā
2020
Skaistumkonkursu vēsture Latvijā jau ir meklējama 1988. gadā, kad norisinājās pirmais skaistumkonkurss – „Miss Rīga”. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir izprast Latvijas sabiedrības viedokli un izpratni par skaistumkonkursiem un to norises nepieciešamību Latvijā, kā arī padziļinātāk izprast skaistumkonkursa būtību, un iespējamos ietekmes virzienus uz sabiedrību. Teorētiskajā daļā tiek aplūkoti: feminisms, reprezentācija, skaistumkonkursi, skaistumkonkursu sieviešu standarti, skaistumkonkursu ietekme uz modes pasauli, skaistumkonkursu ietekme uz veselību, lai empīriskajā daļā varētu veikt salīdzinājumu, kā bija pagātnē un kā ir tagadnē. Empīriskajā daļā tiek noskaidrots skaistumkonkursa nozīmīgums no…
Operāciju māsu kompetences darbā ar MRSA pacientiem perioperatīvā aprūpes periodā
2017
Pēc Pasaules Veselības organizācijas datiem, slimnīcā iegūtās (nozokomiālās) infekcijas visā pasaulē novēro 2-20% no stacionētajiem pacientiem (32). Staphylococcus aureus ir viens no biežākajiem infekcijas slimību izraisītājiem slimnīcās un sadzīvē. Izraisīto slimību spektrs ir ļoti plašs ādas un zemādas mīksto audu strutainās infekcijas ( piemēram, abscess, flegmona), brūču infekcija, pneimonija. Īpaša nozīme ir hospitālās infekcijas izraisīšanā. Stafilokoki izraisa vairāk nekā 20% no slimnīcā iegūtajām infekcijām – visbiežāk brūču un ar intravenoziem katetriem saistītās infekcijas (33). Slimnīcās MRSA no viena pacienta otram pārnes galvenokārt ar medicīnas personāla – māsu, jaunāko medicī…
Epidemic spread of ST1-MRSA-IVa in a neonatal intensive care unit, Italy
2012
Abstract Background Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has recently emerged as an important pathogen in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The purposes of this study were to characterize methicillin-resistant isolates from an outbreak in a NICU, to examine the genetic traits and clonality of CA-MRSA, and to review the characteristics and outcomes of the neonatal cases and investigate the routes of entry and transmission of the MRSA outbreak strain in the NICU under study. Methods The study NICU practiced an active surveillance program for multidrug-resistant organisms, including weekly cultures for detection of MRSA from nasal swabs among all the …
An international perspective on hospitalized patients with viral community-acquired pneumonia
2019
Background Who should be tested for viruses in patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP), prevalence and risk factors for viral CAP are still debated. We evaluated the frequency of viral testing, virus prevalence, risk factors and treatment coverage with oseltamivir in patients admitted for CAP. Methods Secondary analysis of GLIMP, an international, multicenter, point-prevalence study of hospitalized adults with CAP. Testing frequency, prevalence of viral CAP and treatment with oseltamivir were assessed among patients who underwent a viral swab. Univariate and multivariate analysis was used to evaluate risk factors. Results 553 (14.9%) patients with CAP underwent nasal swab. Viral CA…
Peritumoral perfusion and proton spectroscopic MR imaging in the differentiation of gliomas and solitary metastases
2015
Purpose: To asses the value of peritumoural perfusion-weighted and proton spectroscopic MR imaging in preoperative grading of gliomas and in differentiating between primary gliomas and solitary metastases. Methods and Materials: Ten low-grade gliomas, eight high-grade gliomas, and ten metastases were prospectively evaluated with MR imaging, dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced perfusion imaging, and single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy before surgical resection or stereotactic biopsy. Maximal rCBV values and maximal Cho/Cr ratios were calculated from peritumoural region surrounding the tumour. Tumour grade presumed with these values was compared to histopathologic grading. Differences in…
Vasoactive peptide urotensin II in plasma is associated with cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and constitutes a potential …
2019
National audience; OBJECTIVECerebral vasospasm (VS) is a severe complication of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Urotensin II (UII) is a potent vasoactive peptide activating the urotensin (UT) receptor, potentially involved in brain vascular pathologies. The authors hypothesized that UII/UT system antagonism with the UT receptor antagonist/biased ligand urantide may be associated with post-SAH VS. The objectives of this study were 2-fold: 1) to leverage an experimental mouse model of SAH with VS in order to study the effect of urotensinergic system antagonism on neurological outcome, and 2) to investigate the association between plasma UII level and symptomatic VS after SAH in huma…