Assessment of Periodontopathogens in Subgingival Biofilm of Banded and Bonded Molars in Early Phase of Fixed Orthodontic Treatment.

To assess the prevalence and occurrence of eleven periodontopathogens in subgingival biofilm of banded and bonded molars during the first period of fixed orthodontic treatment. Subjects were selected from patients referred to orthodontic treatment and were divided in two groups: group A comprised fifteen patients (14.4±2.

[Antimicrobial use and its correlations with the frequency of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in a hospital setting].

One of the major causes leading to increased antibiotic resistance is excess antimicrobial consumption. We have analysed the correlation between antibiotic use and frequency of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) strains in the general intensive care unit of a university hospital Antibiotic use was expressed as number DDD (daily defined doses)/100 occupied hospital bed-days (BD). CRPA incidence rates were determined by number of unique isolates reported to 100,000 BD.

[Cumulative antibiogram--means of following local resistance phenomena based on material gathered in the laboratory of microbiology].

The cumulative antibiogram (CA) represents a report which summarizes the susceptibility of commonly isolated microorganisms to usual antibiotics in a defined period of time. We have evaluated the local resistance data during the year 2007 by generating CA from the bacteriology laboratory's database in Mures County Emergency Clinical Hospital for 3 categories of microorganisms: Gram-positive cocci, Gram-negative enteric rods and non-fermenters. A total of 1382 individual antibiotic susceptibility reports were analysed.

[Bacterial etiology of the conditions associated with bacteremia/septicemia during the years 2006-2007].

Purpose: Evaluation of the etiology of bacterial diseases associated with bacteremia/ sepsis in the Emergency County Hospital of Tg. Mureş during 2006-2007.

Materials And Methods: Blood samples of 684 patients hospitalized in Emergency County Hospital of Tg.

Incidence, antibiotic resistance and clonal relations of MRSA strains isolated from a Romanian university hospital.

Our aim was to estimate the frequency and characteristics ofmethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains occurring in a Romanian teaching hospital. We retrospectively studied isolates from infected or colonized patients treated at the intensive care and surgical units during January 2004-December 2005. The antibiotic susceptibility of MRSA strains and the presence of mecA gene were determined.

[Re-emergent etiologies: Clostridium difficile].

Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) can range from uncomplicated diarrhea to sepsis and even death. CDAD rates and severity are increasing, possibly due to a new strain. Transmission of C.

[Intestinal parasitic diseases in children].

Purpose: To compare the incidence of intestinal parasitosis between children with residence in urban and rural areas: to compare the efficacy of parasitologic diagnostic methods.

Materials And Methods: In our study we included two lots of children. The first lot consisted in 74 children from rural areas from which we collected 44 samples of feces and 55 samples for the "Scotch tape" test.

[Detection of Mycoplasma species in urinary tract infections in children].

Objective: detection of urogenital mycoplasmas using a commercial kit, Mycofast Evolution2 (International Microbio) from children's urinary tract infections (UTI).

Methods: We included in our study 95 children presenting symptoms of UTI, with repeatedly negative urine cultures, between June 2002 - February 2004. The culture of mycoplasmas and the antibiotic susceptibility testing (doxycycline, roxithromycin, ofloxacin) was performed using the broth and various substrates provided by the kit in a gallery system.