Screening for Clostridioides difficile colonization at admission to the hospital: a multi-centre study.

Objectives: To assess the value of screening for Clostridioides difficile colonization (CDC) at hospital admission in an endemic setting.

Methods: A multi-centre study was conducted at four hospitals located across the Netherlands. Newly admitted patients were screened for CDC.

[How to diagnose infective endocarditis?].

We report on three patients with infective endocarditis, which differ greatly in clinical manifestations. Infective endocarditis (IE) is defined by, a mostly bacterial, infection of a native or prosthetic heart valve, the endocardial surface or a cardiac device. It is a rare condition, but it's incidence is increasing because of an increased incidence of elderly patients with chronic disease and cardiac devices.

Whipple's endocarditis: a case report of a blood culture-negative endocarditis.

Background: Whipple's disease is caused by and causes a self-limiting gastrointestinal infection. The majority of the population is an asymptomatic carrier, however, in some patients, it causes an invasive infection with for example arthritis, endocarditis, or involvement of the eyes.

Case Summary: This case describes a man with long-lasting complaints of progressive dyspnoea caused by heart failure due to total destruction of the aortic and mitral valve as a result of endocarditis, diagnosed with serum polymerase chain reaction.

[Antibiotic therapy in dental practice].

Dentists and dental surgeons very frequently prescribe antibiotics to their patients. In a small percentage of cases, that is appropriate; however, patients can often also heal without antibiotic therapy. Microbiological analysis is only carried out in a very limited number of cases, and is complex and time-consuming.

Successful Debridement of a Knee Joint Prosthesis Infected with . Case Report and Review of Current Literature.

According to the relevant literature, prosthetic joint infections caused by require two stage revision surgery or prosthesis removal for a successful outcome. We present the case of a patient who suffered such an infection after Total Knee Replacement surgery and was successfully treated with antibiotics, joint lavage, debridement and retention of the prosthesis.