efficacy of antibiotic loaded calcium sulfate beads (Stimulan Rapid Cure) against polymicrobial communities and individual bacterial strains derived from diabetic foot infections.

Diabetic foot infection (DFI) is the main reason for diabetes-related hospitalisation and is a major cause of diabetes-related amputation. DFIs are often complicated by ischaemia in the affected limb, the presence of polymicrobial biofilms and increasingly the occurrence of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Antibiotic loaded beads could inhibit the growth of polymicrobial DFI communities with differing compositions .

Increasing Prevalence and Stable Incidence Rates of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among First Nations: Population-Based Evidence From a Western Canadian Province.

Background: There is limited to no evidence of the prevalence and incidence rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) among Indigenous peoples. In partnership with Indigenous patients and family advocates, we aimed to estimate the prevalence, incidence, and trends over time of IBD among First Nations (FNs) since 1999 in the Western Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective population-based study linking provincial administrative health data from the 1999-2000 to 2016-2017 fiscal years.

Clostridial dermatitis and cellulitis: an emerging disease of turkeys.

Clostridial dermatitis of turkeys (CDT) has emerged as a major issue across most geographic regions of the United States. The prevalence and severity of dermatitis has increased over the last several years, since the time it was first reported in 1993. Cellulitis in poultry can be associated with Staphylococcus aureus or Escherichia coli, but the more recent field situation in turkeys is specifically associated with Clostridium spp.