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Background: Cladophialophora bantiana is a melanised mold with a pronounced tropism for the central nervous system, almost exclusively causing human brain abscesses.

Case Report: We describe a case of cerebral infection by this fungus in an otherwise healthy 28-year-old coal-miner. Environmental occurrence, route of entry, and incubation period of this fungus are unknown, but our case is informative in that the first symptoms occurred about eight weeks after known traumatic inoculation.

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Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospital staff and outpatients.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

February 2004

Refik Saydam Hygiene Centre, University of Ankara Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Bacteriology, Sihhiye, Turkey.

This study sought to determine the rate of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage among hospital staff and outpatients. Nasal swabs were obtained from 500 outpatients and 500 hospital staff. Hospital staff were 2.

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