Publications by authors named "Alexander J Fenwick"
Background: In 2019, the United States Food and Drug Administration published its final recommendations to mitigate bacterial contamination of platelets. We sought to evaluate our secondary bacterial culture (SBC) strategy in light of those recommendations.
Study Design And Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted of SBC data (October 2016-2019) at our institution.
Article Synopsis
- Plasmid-mediated colistin resistance (PMCR) is a significant global health issue due to its ability to spread easily among bacteria.
- This study assessed two detection methods for PMCR: the NG-Test MCR-1 lateral flow immunoassay and the EDTA-colistin broth disk elution screening test, using clinical isolates from U.S. hospitals.
- Both methods demonstrated high levels of accuracy, with the MCR-1 test achieving a positive percent agreement of 100% and the EDTA-CBDE method a similar 100%, making them effective tools for identifying and managing colistin resistance in clinical settings.
Blastomycosis is a mycotic infection that typically affects the lung, but that can have dermatologic, orthopedic, genitourinary, and central nervous system manifestations. is a true human pathogen, which can produce disease in immunocompetent hosts. Risk factors for infection include residence in or travel to endemic areas and outdoor occupation, particularly those activities near open bodies of water and that disrupt soil.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArcobacter spp. are commonly associated with shellfish and have been increasingly implicated in human gastrointestinal disease. We report the first case of human bacteremia with Malacobacter (previously Arcobacter) mytili acquired after exposure to Maryland crab.
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