Outbreak of a beta-lactam resistant non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae sequence type 14 associated with severe clinical outcomes.

Background: During October 2011 several residents and staff members at a long-term care facility (LTCF) for elderly fell ill with respiratory symptoms. Several of the residents required hospitalization and one died. Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) was identified as the causative pathogen.

Possible zoonotic transmission of Cryptosporidium felis in a household.

In humans, the risk of contracting cryptosporidiosis caused by Cryptosporidium felis is considered to be relatively low, and most of the confirmed cases have been observed in immunocompromised patients. Both anthroponotic and zoonotic transmission routes have been suggested. Here, we report a case of suspected zoonotic transmission of C.

[Results of the hepatitis A epidemic in Blekinge. Transmission links surveyed with the help of sequence analysis of viral RNA].

In 1994-1995 there was an epidemic of hepatitis A (HAV) among drug abusers in the county of Blekinge, Sweden. There were also a number of other cases in which the epidemiological links were unclear. In order to uncover possible links between unclear cases retrospective sequencing was carried out of the VP1 region of HAV-RNA from patient sera.