Effect of hospitalization and antimicrobial therapy on antimicrobial resistance of colonizing Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Endogenous infections with multi-resistant S. epidermidis are among the leading causes of nosocomial infections. The effect of hospitalization and antimicrobial therapy on antimicrobial resistance of colonizing staphylococci was determined from swabs of the nose, hand, axilla and groin from 157 patients on one day.

[Diagnosis of mycobacteria].

Diagnostic methods of mycobacterial species can lead to significant problems. This article aims at guiding through the great number of mycobacteriaceae, differentiating between atypical and tuberculous mycobacterials, answering diagnostic questions, therefore making early specific therapy possible.