Rapid and accurate diagnosis of infection by real-time polymerase chain reaction.

Background/aims: The incidence and severity of infection (CDI) have increased worldwide, resulting in a need for rapid and accurate diagnostic methods.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to compare CDI diagnosis methods between January 2014 and December 2014. The stool samples, which were obtained in presumptive CDI patients, were compared for their diagnostic accuracy and rapidity, including real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of toxin genes, toxin assay, and culture for .

Risk factors for delayed post-polypectomy bleeding.

Background/aims: Among the many complications that can occur following therapeutic endoscopy, bleeding is the most serious, which occurs in 1.0-6.1% of all colonoscopic polypectomies.

Kounis syndrome presenting as very late stent thrombosis in an everolimus-eluting stent following wasp stings.

Kounis syndrome is the concurrence of acute coronary syndromes with conditions associated with mast cell activation following an allergic insult. We report a 56-year-old man who experienced a ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after wasp stings. The patient presented without signs of anaphylaxis or shock.