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Meningitis
Researchers from Beaumont Hospital provide details of new studies and findings in the area of meningitis
July 29th, 2008
"Fifty-five Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates, classified as contaminants or causing device-related meningitis, from external ventricular drain (EVD) and non-EVD cerebrospinal fluid specimens were characterized," scientists in Dublin, Ireland report. "Thirty-three of 42 (78.6%) meningitis isolates were PCR-positive for ica and aap, known determinants of polysaccharide- and protein-mediated biofilm production, whereas five of 13 (38.5%) contaminants were ica- and aap-negative; 71.4% of meningitis isolates and 84.6% of contaminants produced biofilm. ica(+)aap(+) meningitis isolates produced more biofilm than ica(+)aap(-) isolates (p 0.0020). ica(+)aap(-) isolates did...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-29)
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