The first step in the homing of hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) from the peripheral blood
to the bone marrow involves an adhesion molecule-dependent contact with human bone …

Two previous studies in tertiary care hospitals identified Staphylococcus aureus colonization
of intravascular (IV) catheters as a strong predictor of subsequent S. aureus bacteremia (…

In a household setting within a residential care facility for visually and intellectually disabled
people, a resident (index case) was diagnosed with dermal abscesses caused by a …

… MJ te Wierik (Mtewierik@ggdmn.nl)1, DT Nguyen2, MF Beersma2, SF Thijsen3, KA
Heemstra3,4 … te Wierik MJ, Nguyen DT, Beersma MF, Thijsen SF, Heemstra KA. An …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of antibiotic resistance and multiresistance of
Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in nursing homes and to determine which factors …

Definitively establishing a clinical diagnosis of chronic Q fever remains challenging, as the
diagnostic performance of both conventional serological tests and PCR is limited. Given the …

Susceptibility to lower respiratory tract infections does not seem to be affected by MBL
deficiency. 16-18 However, MBL deficiency is associated with a more severe clinical course of …

Background: Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum may be present as commensal flora of
the respiratory tract and therefore it may be difficult to assess clinical relevance when it is …

Tuberculous pericarditis is a rare disease in developed countries. The diagnosis is difficult
to set since there are no robust rapid tests, and culture of pericardial fluid for Mycobacterium …

After an outbreak with Enterobacter cloacae we decided to routinely nurse all neonates in
isolation who were transferred from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to the neonatal unit …