Depression, health comorbidities, cognitive symptoms and their functional impact: Not just a geriatric problem.

Objective: To compare the prevalence of cognitive symptoms and their functional impact by age group accounting for depression and number of other health conditions.

Methods: We analyzed data from the 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a population-based, cross-sectional telephone survey of US adults. Twenty-one US states asked participants (n = 131, 273) about cognitive symptoms (worsening confusion or memory loss in the past year) and their functional impact (interference with activities and need for assistance).

VibrioBase: A MALDI-TOF MS database for fast identification of Vibrio spp. that are potentially pathogenic in humans.

Mesophilic marine bacteria of the family Vibrionaceae, specifically V. cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus and V.

Temporal and spatial distribution patterns of potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. at recreational beaches of the German north sea.

The number of reported Vibrio-related wound infections associated with recreational bathing in Northern Europe has increased within the last decades. In order to study the health risk from potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. in the central Wadden Sea, the seasonal and spatial distribution of Vibrio vulnificus, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio alginolyticus and Vibrio cholerae were investigated at ten recreational beaches in this area over a 2-year period.

[On the risk of spread of E. coli/EHEC O104:H4 stx 2 positive bacteria via sewerage treatment plants during the 2011 EHEC outbreak in north Germany].

During an EHEC outbreak with E. coli O104:H4 stx2-pos in northern Germany 2 sewage treatment plants (Cuxhaven and Stade) of highly affected areas were monitored for the presence of the outbreak strain. 7 efflux water samples were collected at 1 h and 6 h intervals.

[Problems applying DIN EN 12780 for the detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in water from natural swimming pools and surface water].

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is a relevant pathogen to bathers and, therefore, water from natural swimming pools is analyzed for its presence. P.