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Background: The most severe complications of antibiotic use are clostridial infection (CDI) and pseudomembranous colitis (PMC). There is a need for further study of these conditions and identification of their triggers.
Aim: To identify risk factors for severe forms of antibiotic-associated diarrhea caused by .
Foodborne Pathog Dis
September 2024
Centro de Diagnóstico Microbiológico Animal (CEDIMA), Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias (CAV), Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Avenida Luiz de Camões, Lages, Brazil.
and a few species of coagulase negative are frequently associated with food poisoning. Raw milk and dairy products are among the foods usually associated with outbreaks due to staphylococcal intoxication. This study aimed to determine phenotypic and genotypic antimicrobial resistance profiles to beta-lactam drugs in coagulase positive (CoPS) and negative (CoNS) isolates.
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August 2024
Medical Microbiology, Sakarya University, Sakarya, TUR.
Background Antibiotic resistance is a significant public health issue worldwide. Antibiotic-resistant zoonotic bacteria such as (), , , , , and can be particularly isolated from biofertilizers. Epidemiological studies have shown that cases of foodborne infections and intoxications are significantly related to animal-derived foods.
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June 2024
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail:
Mushrooms containing amatoxins generate the highest number of fatal mycete poisonings on the planet. These toxins are produced not only by Amanita species, such as the well-known Amanita phalloides, but also by other genera, including Lepiota. In this work we report the treatment of a 51-year-old male patient weighing 79 kg who was referred to the hospital after 36 h of ingesting mushrooms.
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February 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, The People's Hospital of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China. Electronic address:
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