Publications
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investigations of 2 cases of diphtheria-like illness due to toxigenic corynebacterium ulcerans. | we present 2 case reports in the united states and investigations of diphtheria-like illness caused by toxigenic corynebacterium ulcerans. a fatal case occurred in a 75-year-old male washington resident who was treated with clindamycin but did not receive equine diphtheria antitoxin. a second, nonfatal case occurred in a 66-year-old female tennessee resident who received erythromycin and diphtheria antitoxin. | 2008 | 18181738 |
diversity of culturable heterotrophic aerobic bacteria in pristine stream bed sediments. | more than 900 culturable, heterotrophic aerobic isolates were obtained from the sediments of a forested, pristine stream and analyzed using three classical microbiological tests: api 20e, amplified ribosomal dna restriction analysis (ardra), and fatty acid analysis. gram-negative bacteria comprised most of the heterotrophic aerobic isolates (66.7%), similar to other oligotrophic environments. the isolates were assigned to the genus level as pseudomonas, flavobacterium, micrococcus, bacillus, chr ... | 1999 | 10907425 |
the nosocomial colonization of t. bear. | a national effort to reduce nosocomial infections includes a program developed at the national institutes of health to encourage handwashing in hospitals and day care centers. the program promotes a symbolic teddy bear (t. bear) with slogans to remind hospital personnel and patients to practice handwashing. one of the items used is a stuffed toy t. bear to be dispensed to the hospitalized child. considering the manner in which children handle stuffed toys, we suspected the t. bear might serve as ... | 1986 | 3640737 |