Rising incidence of Enterococcus species in microbiological specimens from orthopedic patients correlates to increased use of cefuroxime: a study concentrating on tissue samples.

Background And Purpose: Enterococci are emerging causes of severe infections, including wound and bone infections in orthopedic patients. The main purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a correlation between the incidence of enterococci in tissue samples (biopsies) from orthopedic patients and consumption of cefuroxime in the orthopedic department.

Methods And Results: Data were obtained from the department of clinical microbiology and the hospital pharmacy.

Bilateral polymicrobial osteomyelitis with Candida tropicalis and Candida krusei: a case report and an updated literature review.

Objectives: We present a case of bilateral polymicrobial osteomyelitis with Candida tropicalis and Candida krusei, and review the literature on Candida osteomyelitis.

Methods: PubMed was searched for cases of Candida osteomyelitis published in the English-language literature between 1970 and 2010.

Case: A 60-year-old previously healthy man was hospitalized with gallstone pancreatitis.