Clostridium Tetani

Laboratory-Acquired Clostridium difficile by Annet Lenderink Patient Expert

Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pm Laboratory‐Acquired Clostridium difficile Polymerase Chain Reaction Ribotype 027: A New Risk for Laboratory Workers? Clostridium difficile is not recognized as a pathogen... of C.difficile infection in 2 technicians working with PCR ribotype 027 strains. One case in the Netherlands and one in Spain. Read More… Laboratory‐Acquired Clostridium difficile Read on »

Clostridium difficile or C. Diff by Haveyroo Posted Fri 31 Jul 2009 11:53am FROM MSNBC site about C. Diff Scientists cultured the imprint of a health care worker's gloved hand after examining a patient infected with Clostridium difficile, known... for Clostridium difficile or C. Diff. I have found articles on MSNBC about it. It is a very serious virus and we are taking all the precautions we can. After work yesterday I ran over Read on »

bedtime reading: Clostridium difficile infection: how to deal with the problem by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted Thu 28 May 2009 12:22am All healthcare staff should take personal responsibility for good infection control practice. Doctors and nurses should apply the following mnemonic protocol (site) when managing suspected potential infectious diarrhoea: S Suspect that a case may be infective where there is no clear alternative cause for diarrhoea I Isolate the patient and ... Read on »

Clostridium difficile by flakymn Posted Thu 12 Mar 2009 12:00am , drinking more, anything, and everything to no avail. I just kept feeling sick. So yesterday, I went for some other testing and it seems I have an infection called Clostridium Read on »

Why You Should Care About Treatment with Monoclonal Antibodies against Clostridium difficile Toxins by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 21 Jan 2010 5:47am The New England Journal of Medicine just published an article regarding using monoclonal antibodies to treat clostridium difficile toxins (called C.diff). This is a very small study regarding a condition that most people are not familiar with. However, it is very representative of the future of medicine and findings like this have major Read on »

MRSA bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infections by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted Wed 09 Dec 2009 12:00am The Health Protection Agency is now publishing quarterly analyses on MRSA and Clostridium difficile rates. These make interesting reading. There has been good progress... but we shouldn’t be complacent. Kidney services remain with the highest rate of all specialities, zero tolerance needs to be maintained. Clostridium difficile infection rates Read on »

Tetanus, wounds and the wilderness by Dr. Erik McLaughlin Medical Doctor

Posted Sat 13 Jun 2009 12:28am -aware of their protection against Tetanus, also known as “lockjaw”. Tetanus is actually caused by a bacteria ( Clostridium Tetani ) that produces a special toxin which... when the spores germinate and begin to grow in the tissue, producing their toxin. Clostridium Tetani is found worldwide and lives in the soil and feces. So, it stands to reason Read on »

Don't ignore minor wounds by yam Posted Sat 02 Jan 2010 12:00am Do not take for granted small wounds or scratch you incurred from an accidental firecracker and fireworks explosion. Innocent looking wounds can cause tetanus infection. Clostridium tetani, is an acute bacterial disease causing rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles can easily enter the body even through a small scratch on the skin Read on »

Don't forget to get your 10-year Tetanus shot by Korkut V. Posted Tue 15 Dec 2009 9:42am . Spores of the tetanus bacteria, Clostridium tetani, usually are found in the soil, but can occur virtually anywhere. If deposited in a wound, the bacteria can produce a toxin... if you haven't had a booster shot within the past 10 years. The bacteria that cause tetanus, Clostridium tetani, are found in soil, dust and animal feces. When they enter Read on »

Urine test for autism? Hmmm by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted Fri 04 Jun 2010 8:27am . Immunol. 2003, 23 (6), 504–17. 3) Bolte, E. R. Autism and Clostridium tetani. Med. Hypotheses 1998, 51 (2), 133–44 4) James, S. J.; Cutler, P.; Melnyk, S.; Jernigan Read on »

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