Molecular diagnostic testing for common stool pathogens

G. Trafford^*, N. Ratnaraja, N. Wickramasinghe
^*Heart of England Foundation Trust, UK
Journal of Hospital Infection (2015) 90, 196-198
No abstract.
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便中の腸管病原体の検出に、日常的な検査として遺伝子検査が用いられるケースはこれまで少なかった。しかしながら、従来法は感度や手間、費用などの点で制約が大きかったのも事実である。本稿は、PCR 法を用いる長所、ピットフォール、結果の解釈、コスト比較など、実用化と感染対策への応用に向けた課題について述べている。

Pragmatic review of interventions to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in adult inpatients

J. Gray*, A. Rachakonda, J. Karnon
*Flinders University, Australia

Journal of Hospital Infection (2023) 136, 55-74

Physical and composition characteristics of clinical secretions compared with test soils used for validation of flexible endoscope cleaning

Intensive care unit environmental surfaces are contaminated by multidrug-resistant bacteria in biofilms: combined results of conventional culture, pyrosequencing, scanning electron microscopy, and confocal laser microscopy

The sensitivity of approved Ninhydrin and Biuret tests in the assessment of protein contamination on surgical steel as an aid to prevent iatrogenic prion transmission

Interventions to control nosocomial infections: study designs and statistical issues