First case of systemic phaeohyphomycosis due to in Slovakia.

Introduction: Melanized or dematiaceous fungi are associated with a wide variety of infectious syndromes. is one of the most common and dangerous neurotropic fungi, able to cause brain abscess and disseminated infection.

Case Presentation: We report a new case of phaeohyphomycosis brain abscesses caused by in Slovakia.

Usefulness of McRAPD for typing and importance of biofilm production in a case of nosocomial ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection caused by Candida lusitaniae.

A case report of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection caused by Candida lusitaniae in a 6-year-old patient with cerebral astrocytoma and obstructive hydrocephalus is presented briefly with emphasis on the course of antifungal treatment. Seven isolates recovered subsequently from the cerebrospinal fluid were studied retrospectively. To confirm identity, isolates were typed using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and melting curve of random amplified polymorphic DNA (McRAPD).

Occurrence of aminoglycoside-modifying-enzyme genes aac(6')-aph(2"), aph(3'), ant(4') and ant(6) in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis resistant to high-level of gentamicin and amikacin.

The genes coding for 4 aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes AAC(6')-APH(2"), APH(3'), ANT(4') and ANT(6) were determined in 44 Slovak clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis with high-level resistance to gentamicin (HLGR, collection 1) and 48 E. faecalis isolates with resistance to amikacin (AR, collection 2). The occurrence of spotted genes was (collection 1 vs.

Bacteremia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa: results from a 3-year national study in the Slovak Republic.

Risk factors, mortality and antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremias isolated from 148 patients from all University Hospitals in Slovakia were analyzed. Only 1.2% of 169 strains of P.

Multiresistant nosocomial bacterial strains and their "in vitro" susceptibility to chloramphenicol and colistin.

Objective: A multicenter study was conducted to obtain "in vitro" chloramphenicol and colistin susceptibility data on multiresistant hospital bacterial pathogens in Slovak Republic.

Material And Methods: During the period of April-June 2001, 628 clinical bacterial multiresistant isolates from patients with serious infections were selected in 10 hospitals and tested to a large scale of antibiotics by means of a microdilution method. The strains expressed either a significant resistance phenotype (ESBL, MRSA, CoNMRS, MLSB/c, efflux in Ps.