Detection, Identification, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of spp. and spp. from Free-ranging Nonhuman Primates in Sri Lanka.

Infections with spp. and spp. are the most frequently reported causes of human bacterial enteritis.

The silver lining of disposable sporicidal privacy curtains in an intensive care unit.

Background: The environment is a well-known source of health care-acquired infection. Because of the known risk of contamination, patient privacy curtains require frequent changes to decrease the risk of spread from patients to curtain and visa versa.

Methods: Fourteen disposable sporicidal privacy curtains were tested from December 2012 to June 2013 while hanging in a busy intensive care unit.

"Down the drain": carbapenem-resistant bacteria in intensive care unit patients and handwashing sinks.

Objectives: Clinical utility of carbapenem antibiotics is under threat because of the emergence of acquired metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) genes. We describe an outbreak in an intensive care unit (ICU) possibly associated with contaminated sinks.

Design, Setting And Participants: Four clusters of gram-negative bacteria harbouring the MBL gene blaIMP-4 were detected in the ICU at Dandenong Hospital between November 2009 and July 2012.