Aim

Methods

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa), the principal respiratory pathogen in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, is ubiquitous in the environment. Initial Pa isolates in CF patients are generally environmental in nature. However, little information regarding seasonality of Pa acquisition is available. W

Internet biosurveillance utilizes unstructured data from diverse Web-based sources to provide early warning and situational awareness of public health threats. The scope of source coverage ranges from local based media in the vernacular to international media in widely read languages. Inter

We have investigated the prevalence of extended-spectrum �?-lactamases (ESBLs) in Enterobacter spp. bloodstream isolates from 19 hospital laboratories in Norway during 2011. A total of 62 /230 (27%) isolates were resistant to 3^rd generation cephalosporins and four (1.7%) were ESBL-positiv

In China, KPC-producing K. pneumoniae isolates have been identified. However, little is known about the spread and outbreak of KPC-producing enterobacterial pathogens. In this study, 48 non-duplicated KPC-producing isolates were analyzed for genetic relatedness by pulsed-field gel electroph

Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus, GAS) is a major cause of necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI). On rare occasions, other beta-hemolytic streptococci may also cause NSTI, but the significance and nature of these infections has not been thoroughly investigated. In this study

Recently, chicken meat was identified as a plausible source of ESBL-producing E. coli in humans. We investigated the relatedness of ESBL-producing Klebsiella spp. in chicken meat and humans. Furthermore, we tested the performance of SpectraCell RA^�? (River Diagnostics, Madison, Wisconsin,

Introduction

Graves�?? disease is an autoimmune disorder of the thyroid gland that can be accompanied by extra-thyroidal manifestations. These include ophthalmopathy, present in 30% of patients, and, less commonly, dermopathy (pretibial myxoedema) in 1-4% of patients.¹ Much less frequent (<1%) is acropa