A review of J. Balfour-Browne, 1946 from Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia with descriptions of five new species and new records (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae).

The diving beetle genus J. Balfour-Browne, 1946 in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia is reviewed, and five new species are described: Wewalka & Okada, (Thailand, Cambodia), Okada & Wewalka, (Thailand), Wewalka & Okada, (Laos, China), Okada & Wewalka, (Thailand, Laos), Okada & Wewalka, (Thailand, Laos). Two species are the first country records: Wewalka, 1997 (Laos, Cambodia) and Bian & Ji, 2009 (Laos).

Draft Genome Sequence of Legionella jamestowniensis Isolated from a Patient with Chronic Respiratory Disease.

Legionella jamestowniensis can be found in the environment in various water samples, in wet soil, and in compost facilities, but evidence of its human pathogenicity has not yet been demonstrated. Here, we report the first draft genome sequence of an L. jamestowniensis isolate, derived from a patient suffering from a chronic respiratory disease.

Effect of airborne hydrogen peroxide on spores of Clostridium difficile.

Background: Contamination of surfaces by spores of Clostridium difficile is a major factor influencing the spread of healthcare-associated C. difficile infection. The aim of this study was to test the effect of an automated room disinfection system that provides an aerosol of 7.

Occurrence of Clostridium difficile infections due to PCR ribotype 027 in Bucharest, Romania.

Introduction: Little is known about prevailing ribotypes of Clostridium difficile infection in Romania where CDI is not a mandatory notifiable disease.

Methodology: We studied 64 non-duplicate C. difficile isolates from patients hospitalised at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Bucharest, Romania between March 2011 and March 2012.

Dual infections with different Legionella strains.

In 2010 a case of a dual infection with Legionella pneumophila serogroup (sg) 1 and sg 3 was identified by culture of a blood sample collected from a female Austrian patient with septic pneumonia. Subsequently all 35 European National Legionella Reference Laboratories were interviewed regarding the frequency of dual infections in legionellosis. The Reference Laboratories in Denmark, the UK and Germany reported the detection of another 14 cases of dual infections with different Legionella strains between 2002 and 2012.