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Healthcare Provider Testing Practices for Tinea and Familiarity with Antifungal-Drug-Resistant Tinea—United States, 2022

open access: yesJournal of Fungi, 2022
Tinea, a dermatophyte fungal infection, is a common outpatient complaint that is easily misdiagnosed by visual inspection. Antifungal-drug-resistant tinea is an emerging global public health problem, with several cases reported in the United States.
Kaitlin Benedict   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Origins of a Species: What Might Explain the Rise of Candida auris?

open access: yesJournal of Fungi, 2019
Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast first described in 2009 that has since caused healthcare-associated outbreaks of severe human infections around the world. In some hospitals, it has become a leading cause of invasive candidiasis. C.
Brendan R. Jackson   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human faeces-associated extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli discharge into sanitation systems in 2015 and 2030: a global and regional analysis

open access: yesThe Lancet Planetary Health, 2020
Summary: Background: Improving management of and treatment within sanitation waste streams could slow the development and transmission of antimicrobial-resistant organisms, but the magnitude of impact has not been quantified.
David Berendes, PhD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Country food consumption in Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Foodbook study 2014–2015

open access: yesCanada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Background: This article presents a descriptive summary of the consumption of various country food (i.e. locally harvested plant and animal foods) products by residents of Yukon (YT), Northwest Territories (NT) and Nunavut (NU).
Vanessa Morton   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification and characterization of Shigella with decreased susceptibility to azithromycin in the United States, 2005 to 2014

open access: yesJournal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020
Objectives: Our objectives were to identify Shigella isolates in the United States with decreased susceptibility to azithromycin (DSA) and characterize the genetic mechanisms responsible for this resistance. Methods: The National Antimicrobial Resistance
Davina Campbell   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Demographic differences in use of household tap water in a representative sample of US adults, FallStyles 2019

open access: yesJournal of Water and Health, 2021
Tap water that is safe to consume may cause respiratory illness (e.g., Legionnaires’ disease) when water conditions allow for proliferation and aerosolization of biofilm-associated pathogens.
Kayla Vanden Esschert   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A cross-sectional job satisfaction survey of physicians in Bhutan to address the problem of retention

open access: yesBhutan Health Journal, 2021
Introduction: A persistent shortage of physicians and relatively high attrition (>10% over 7 years) have been longstanding challenges for Bhutan despite efforts at improvement. Little is known about physicians’ job satisfaction.
Choni Wangmo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Communicating Foodborne Disease Risk [PDF]

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 1997
The food industry, like many others, has a risk communication problem. That problem is manifested in the public's desire to know the truth about outbreaks of foodborne diseases; ongoing concern about the safety of foods, additives, and food-processing procedures; and continued apathy regarding aspects of routine food hygiene.
Baruch Fischhoff, Julie S. Downs
openaire   +3 more sources

Development of novel ELISA based on tyramine signal amplification for sensitive detection of danofloxacin

open access: yesZhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi, 2022
ObjectiveTo develop a novel ELISA for sensitive and naked-eye detection of danofloxacin (DAN).MethodsBased on TYR signal amplification, a novel ELISA was developed for sensitive detection of DAN.
BAO Huanhuan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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