Source attribution of community-acquired cases of Legionnaires' disease-results from the German LeTriWa study; Berlin, 2016-2019.

Introduction: Sources of infection of most cases of community-acquired Legionnaires' disease (CALD) are unknown.

Objective: Identification of sources of infection of CALD.

Setting: Berlin; December 2016-May 2019.

[Effective management of an outbreak with multiresistent Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neurorehabilitation unit].

Background: In addition to acute care hospitals, rehabilitation centres are increasingly confronted with multi-resistant pathogens. Long durations of stay and intensive treatments impose special hygienic challenges.

Material And Methods: We investigated an extended spectrum beta-lactamase-Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-K.

[Tinea corporis].

Between February 2011 and April 2012, an outbreak caused 55 episodes of Tinea corporis in a Berlin kindergarten. According to the case definition Tinea corporis was confirmed in 2 cases, 16 cases were dermatologically probable, 24 cases were suspicious, whereas 13 cases were viewed as improbable. 48% (n=32/67) of all children had at least one episode of disease.

Evaluation of the 3D BacT/ALERT automated culture system for the detection of microbial contamination of platelet concentrates.

Bacterial transmission remains the major component of morbidity and mortality associated with transfusion-transmitted infections. Platelet concentrates are the most common cause of bacterial transmission. The BacT/ALERT 3D automated blood culture system has the potential to screen platelet concentrates for the presence of bacteria.