Pneumonia is a serious problem worldwide. We recently demonstrated that innate defense
mechanisms of the lung are highly inducible against pneumococcal pneumonia. To …

Objectives: To correlate the microbiological and clinical features of infections caused by
Nocardia species. Methods: We determined the species and drug susceptibility of 138 Nocardia …

Clindamycin and β-lactam antibiotics have been mainstays for treating invasive group A
Streptococcus (iGAS) infection, yet such regimens might be limited for strains displaying MLS B …

Many of the human and zoonotic diseases caused by arthropod-borne flaviviruses have
long been recognized—some were known centuries before the introduction of germ theory (eg, …

Objectives The prevalence of linezolid-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS)
in the MD Anderson Cancer Center rose from 0.6% in 2007 to 5.5% in 2009. The aim of our …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Conventional cell culture (CC) has limited clinical utility
as a result of the extended incubation period often required for virus isolation. Alternative …

Quantitative fecal lactoferrin was measured in 112 patients tested for toxigenic Clostridium
difficile using glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) and toxin immunoassays combined with tcdB …

Background: The etiology of lymphocytic colitis, a microscopic colitis syndrome, has remained
elusive. Because 1) many infectious enteritides exhibit seasonal variability in incidence …

Members of the family of Xanthomonadaceae are typically characterized as environmental
organisms. With the exception of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, these organisms are …

A case of acute, invasive, sinusitis caused by the dematiaceous mold Exserohilum rostratum
is presented. Herein we examine the subtypes of fungal sinusitis and briefly discuss some …