[Reconsidering the technical aspects and quality management background of faecal microbiota transplantation due to the novel coronavirus pandemic].

Összefoglaló. A székletmikrobiota-transzplantáció (faecalismikrobiota-transzplantáció - FMT) a Clostridioides difficile fertőzés (CDI) kezelésében nemzetközileg széles körben elfogadott, megfelelő szakmai háttér mellett végezve biztonságos, potenciálisan életmentő, költséghatékony, valamint a hospitalizációs idő és az orvos-beteg találkozások jelentős redukálására képes eljárás. Az FMT elvégzésére egyes országokban magas szintű minőségirányítási háttérrel működő, célfeladatra szerveződött donor- és székletbankok rendezkedtek be.

Usage of ultraviolet test method for monitoring the efficacy of surgical hand rub technique among medical students.

Background: Adequate hand movements are essential in surgical hand rub, so it is important for medical students to learn it correctly. To assess its efficacy, we aimed to use ultraviolet (UV) light test after applying fluorescent solution.

Methods: Digital images of the hands of 253 medical students were analyzed during "Basic Surgical Techniques" course on the 10th (Survey 1) and 14th (Survey 2) week of the curriculum to check the process and the skills development.

A potential role of aminoglycoside resistance in endemic occurrence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in lower airways of mechanically ventilated patients.

Altogether, 98 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from a 5-bed intensive care unit were fingerprinted with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and tested for aminoglycoside resistance genes aac(6')-Ib, aac(3″)-IIa, ant(2″)-Ia, armA, rmtA, and rmtB and integrons and virulence genes/operons phzI, phzII, phzM, phzS, apr, lasB, plcH, plcN, pilA, algD, toxA, exoS, exoT, exoY, and exoU. Two major clusters were identified (49 and 19 isolates), harbouring aac(6')-Ib, blaPSE-1, and ant(3″)-Ia genes or ant(2″)-Ia gene, respectively, on a class I integron. Most virulence genes except for exoU and pilA were found.

[Detailed methodological recommendations for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea with faecal transplantation].

The incidence of Clostridium difficile associated enteral disease shows dramatic increase worldwide, with appallingly high treatment costs, mortality figures, recurrence rates and treatment refractoriness. It is not surprising, that there is significant interest in the development and introduction of alternative therapeutic strategies. Among these only stool transplantation (or faecal bacteriotherapy) is gaining international acceptance due to its excellent cure rate (≈92%), low recurrence rate (≈6%), safety and cost-effectiveness.

[A(H1N1)v cases of the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 influenza seasons in the Medical and Health Sciences Centre of Debrecen University].

Unlabelled: The swine-origin new influenza variant A(H1N1) emerged in 2009 and changed the epidemiology of the 2009/2010 influenza season globally and at national level.

Aims: The aim of the authors was to analyse the cases of two influenza seasons.

Methods: The Medical and Health Sciences Centre of Debrecen University has 1690 beds with 85 000 patients admitted per year.

[Factors affecting influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers at the Medical and Health Sciences Center of Debrecen University, Hungary].

Unlabelled: Influenza vaccination is the most effective way of influenza prevention. The vaccination rate is low worldwide. In Hungary, the vaccine is free of charge to health care workers and, therefore, the low vaccination rate is unaccountable.

Phenotypic and genetic characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from the university hospitals of Debrecen.

The purpose of this study was to characterise methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated in 2005 at the university hospitals of Debrecen, Hungary. Three hundred and thirty-nine MRSA strains were isolated from 102 patients at 18 different clinics. Their sensitivity to oxacillin and ten other antibiotics was determined.

[The role of infection control in the prevention of postoperative endophthalmitis].

Introduction: Infection control programs play an important role in the fight against nosocomial infections. They include all written protocols used and practical procedures performed before, during and after surgery. The authors describe the role of infection control in the prevention of postoperative endophthalmitis.

[Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the Kenézy Hospital between 1999 and 2004].

Introduction: The prevention of the spread of multiresistant microorganisms, especially methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is the main problem of epidemiology in our era. Kenézy Hospital was among the firsts to deal with the laboratory diagnosis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Hungary, looking for the possibilities to isolate, and detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in patients (colonised and infected), and to provide for them proper treatment and complex management.

Aims: The authors aimed to help the work of infection control professionals by sharing their experience and through the analysis of their data.

Studies of phagocytic and killing activities of alveolar macrophages in patients with sarcoidosis.

Phagocytosis and killing activities of alveolar macrophages were compared in 17 patients with stage 1 sarcoidosis and 6 healthy controls. The average total cell count of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with sarcoidosis was 7.8 +/- 7.

Early clinical experience with a simple method for autotransfusion in cardiac surgery.

A simple method for intraoperative autotransfusion (ATF) in open-heart surgery was tested in a prospective clinical trial. The patients were randomly assigned to a control group (33) or to the ATF group (35). The intraoperative ATF was combined with preoperative collection of blood and postoperative ATF.