Molecular characteristics, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of methicillin-resistant infections among critically ill pediatric patients in Shanghai, 2016-2021.

Objective: Methicillin-resistant (MRSA) infection in children has been on the rise, which poses a serious threat to their health and life in China. The purpose of this study was to determine the molecular characteristics, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of MRSA infections among critically ill pediatric patients.

Methods: A retrospective case-control study was performed in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a tertiary university teaching hospital.

Environmental justice of Texas recreational water quality - The disproportionate E. coli levels and trends.

The presence of pathogens is one of the leading causes of stream water quality impairment in the US. Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a fecal pathogen indicator and also signals the presence of more pathogenic microbes.