Brucellosis is a systemic infection caused by species. Prosthetic joint infection due to species is rare. We report the case of a prosthetic joint infection presenting fourteen years post treatment for systemic brucellosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) established a group to produce national guidelines for Clostridium difficile in Ireland in 2006. A laboratory questionnaire was distributed to determine current C. difficile diagnostic practices.
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August 1999
Many of the reports of infection in immunocompromised patients over the past year have been caused by unusual bacterial pathogens or fungi, which are often multiresistant and difficult to treat. Although many difficulties still remain some progress has been made over the past year in the development of new antimicrobial agents and alternative therapies.
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