| bacterial contamination of dental chair units in a modern dental hospital caused by leakage from suction system hoses containing extensive biofilm. | within six months of opening of the new dublin dental hospital in september 1998, areas of corrosion were observed on many of the baseplates of the hospital's 103 dental chair units (dcus) at the site of attachment of the suction hoses. the corroded areas were heavily contaminated with pseudomonas spp. and related genera posing a risk of cross-infection, particularly for immunocompromised patients. these species were used as marker organisms to investigate the source of the contamination. p. aer ... | 2005 | 15749324 |
| Genetic relatedness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates among a paediatric cystic fibrosis patient cohort in Ireland. | Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the primary pathogens in the cystic fibrosis (CF) lung and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Reports of the spread of epidemic or transmissible strains of P. aeruginosa within and across CF centres in Europe have raised concern regarding the possibility of clonal spread among and within CF centres in Ireland. P. aeruginosa isolates (313 isolates from 142 sputum samples and 53 throat swabs) from 68 CF patients were examined using PFGE to explore the ... | 2012 | 21921114 |
| third-generation cephalosporin resistance among gram-negative bacilli causing meningitis in neurosurgical patients: significant challenges in ensuring effective antibiotic therapy. | the treatment of meningitis caused by gram-negative bacilli in neurosurgical patients is a major challenge because of the complexity of these patients, the emergence of antibiotic resistance in many of the causative organisms and the restricted choice of antibiotics suitable for use, owing to a failure to achieve high enough concentrations in the csf. we reviewed the incidence, aetiology, treatment and outcome of all patients with gram-negative bacillary meningitis (gnbm) in our centre over a 7 ... | 2006 | 16368699 |