Background Clostridium difficile infection is the leading cause of health care–associated
diarrhea, and the bacterium can also be carried asymptomatically. The objective of this study …

ContextA number of countries have implemented a policy of universal leukoreduction of their
blood supply, but the potential role of leukoreduction in decreasing postoperative mortality …

To determine the prevalence of antibody to Chlamydia heat-shock protein 60 (C-hsp60) in
women with tubal infertility, an ELISA using purified recombinant C-hsp60 was developed. …

Phenotypic and genotypic methods were used to characterize extended-spectrum-β-lactamase
(ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli isolated in 2007 from 11 different Canadian medical …

Yi-Yun Liu and colleagues’ Article1 reporting the emergence of plasmidmediated colistin
resistance in Escherichia coli from animal, food, and human sources in China is of concern …

BACKGROUND The Chlamydia IgG antibody test (CAT) shows considerable variations in
reported estimates of test accuracy, partly because of the use of different assays and cut-off …

6-Methacryloyl-α-d-galactopyranose (MG) was synthesized, and characterized by Fourier
transform infrared (FTIR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometry, and single-…

Background Whole genome sequencing (WGS) studies can enhance our understanding of
the role of patients with asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonization in transmission. …

Constitutive low-level vancomycin resistance is found intrinsically in certain enterococcal
species and is encoded by vanC ligase genes. These intrinsically vancomycin-resistant …

The local epidemiology of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in anaerobic bacteria is
important in guiding the empiric treatment of infections. However, susceptibility data are very …