Anti-Mold Protection of Textile Surfaces with Cold Plasma Produced Biocidal Nanocoatings.

The permanent anti-mold protection of textile surfaces, particularly those utilized in the manufacture of outdoor sporting goods, is still an issue that requires cutting-edge solutions. This study attempts to obtain antifungal nanocoatings on four selected fabrics used in the production of high-mountain clothing and sleeping bags, and on PET foil as a model substrate, employing the cold plasma technique for this purpose. Three plasma treatment procedures were used to obtain such nanocoatings: plasma-activated graft copolymerization of a biocidal precursor, deposition of a thin-film matrix by plasma-activated graft copolymerization and anchoring biocidal molecules therein, and plasma polymerization of a biocidal precursor.

The role of bronchoscopy in diagnosis of chronic cough in adults: a retrospective single-center study.

Introduction: Cough is one of the most frequent symptoms reported to pulmonologists. The role of bronchoscopy in the diagnostic work-up of chronic cough is not clearly defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) and additional testing of samples collected during FOB in the differential diagnosis of chronic cough in adults.

Genotypic and Phenotypic Changes in as a Result of Cold Plasma Treatment.

We treated cells with a sublethal dose of nonequilibrium (cold) atmospheric-pressure He plasma and studied alterations in the genome of this fungus as well as changes in the phenotypic traits, such as assimilation of carbon from carbohydrates, hydrolytic enzyme activity, and drug susceptibility. There is a general problem if we use cold plasma to kill microorganism cells and some of them survive the process-whether the genotypic and phenotypic features of the cells are significantly altered in this case, and, if so, whether these changes are environmentally hazardous. Our molecular genetic studies have identified six single nucleotide variants, six insertions, and five deletions, which are most likely significant changes after plasma treatment.

Etiology and bacterial susceptibility to antibiotics in patients with recurrent lower urinary tract infections.

Introduction: Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a frequent health problem and a common reason for treatment resistance.

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the etiology of community‑ acquired lower recurrent UTI and bacterial antibiotic susceptibility.

Patients And Methods: A total of 796 microbiological urine cultures from 332 patients (280 women and 52 men) treated in a single nephrology outpatient department in central Poland in years 2016 to 2018 were analyzed.

"Primary bacterial culture of bile and pancreatic juice in tumor related jaundice (TROJ) - is ascending cholangitis always our fault?".

Introduction: TROJ (tumor-related obstructive jaundice) is one of the most common indications for endoscopic retrograde choleopancreatography (ERCP) with endoscopic biliary stenting. Despite the effectiveness of this procedure, especially in palliative patients, it is not without flaws. Ascending bacterial cholangitis, a common stenting complication, occurs in about 0.

[Inactivation of Candida species using cold atmospheric plasma on the way to a new method of eradication of superficial fungal infections].

Introduction: In recent years, nosocomial fungal infections are becoming an increasingly serious problem. More and more complications are observed in patients with high-risk groups resulting from the colonization of the skin and mucous membranes by Candida species. Thus, rapid and effective treatment of superficial fungal infections caused by Candida is a very important task for modern medicine.

[Fungal infections in patients of an intensive care unit analyzed on the example of the Lodz Medical University Hospital No 1 in the period of 2002-2012].

Introduction: The objective of this study was to analyze the fungal infections in patients of an intensive care unit (ICU) in a long period (2002-2012) on the example of the Lodz Medical University Hospital No 1. This analysis was focused on the study of the effect of antimicrobial therapy on the level of these infections.

Methods: A total of 291 strains of fungi were isolated from blood, tips of central intravenous catheters, lower respiratory tract, urine, wounds, pressure sores, and cerebrospinal fluid of 3177 patients.

[Candida and Aspergillus infections in the light of a new list of alarm factors on the example of the Lodz Medical University Hospital No. 1].

Introduction: In 2011, the Polish Ministry of Health introduced Candida sp. resistant to fluconazole and Aspergillus sp. to the list of Alarm Factors as alert pathogens.

[Influence of antibiotic-therapy on the selection of multi-drug resistant pathogens].

In this paper, relations between the number of nosocomial infections caused by multi-drug resistant pathogens and antibiotic-therapy were investigated. It was found that the number of MRSA infections is directly proportional to the amount of CAZ (ceftazidime) used in the therapy. It was also stated that CAZ, Amc (amoxicillin-clavulan acid) and IPM (imipenem) are strong inductors of ESBL.

[Nosocomial infection control in intensive therapy].

Background: Nosocomial infections are common among patients treated in ITU settings. The lower airway and genitourinary systems are frequently infected with multiresistant pathogens, and present a serious epidemiological problem. In 2002, at the Lódź Medical University Hospital, strict infection control measures were developed and introduced to minimize the risk of infections in the ITU.

[Analysis of the epidemiological situation and the resistance phenotype of pathogens isolated from patients in the intensive care unite of the Lodz Medical University Hospital No.1 in 2002-2006].

In the period of 2002-2006, total 5152 isolates were obtained from 1330 patients in the Intensive Care Unite (ICU) of the Lodz Medical University Hospital No.1. A detailed analysis of the epidemiological situation concerned, first of all, MRSA, Ps.

[Sepsis--a new life-threat or better defined old disease entity].

The presence of multiresistant pathogens in a hospital leads very often to a severe sepsis that threatens the patients' life. For this reason, in the interests of the patients in the Intensive Care Unite (ICU) of the Lodz Medical University Hospital No.1, a wide monitoring of the epidemiological situation and the rational antibiotic therapy, taking the resistance mechanisms of pathogens into account, have been started since 2002.

[Selected risk factors of fungal infections in human populations].

For the past twenty years, invasive fungal infections have dramatically increased resulting in the high morbidity and mortality. The main reason of these infections is the development of invasive diagnostic and therapeutic technologies. Immunosuppression, neutropenia, broad-spectrum antibacterial agents, corticosteroids, chemotherapy, central intravascular catheter, total parenteral nutrition are the major risk factors of the invasive fungal infections.

[The fungal infections in patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit].

Introduction: Over the last years, systemic fungal infections have dramatically increased in hospitalized patients. The Candida is the main pathogen caused nosocomial fungal infections.

The Aim Of The Study: The aim was to analyze frequency of occurrence of the yeast-like fungi in different biological materials isolated from the patients of an Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital of Lodz in the period of 2000-2003.