Environmental contamination with Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile in Vietnam.

Aims: To investigate the prevalence, molecular type, and antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridioides difficile in the environment in Vietnam, where little is known about C. difficile.

Methods And Results: Samples of pig faeces, soils from pig farms, potatoes, and the hospital environment were cultured for C.

Anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis during pregnancy: A case report and literature review.

Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDA-R) encephalitis is an autoimmune disorder that was first described by Dr Vitaliani in 2005. In 2007, Dalmau et al. found anti-NMDA-R antibody expressed both in the hippocampus and prefrontal nerve cell membrane, finally proposing the diagnosis of autoimmune anti-NMDA-R encephalitis.