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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Detecting <i>Mycobacterium</i> spp. in Hospital Water

Mack, Kristin Lake 09 July 2007 (has links)
No description available.
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Water-associated nosocomial infections.

Wright, Claire Louise, Snelling, Anna M., Newton, L., Kerr, Kevin G. January 2008 (has links)
Yes / It is estimated that 5-10% of hospitalised patients in developed countries contract hospital acquired infections (HAI). Increasing levels of antimicrobial resistance manifested by many HAI-causing pathogens such as Acinetobacter spp in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting present a significant challenge to those managing these infections. Consequently, much attention has been focused on the prevention of HAIs. Particular emphasis has been placed on interventions intended to interrupt patient-to-patient transmission of pathogens, such as enhanced hand hygiene and identification of patients colonised with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) using rapid DNA-based screening techniques. However, comparatively little attention has been given to the hospital environment, including water supplies, as a source of nosocomial pathogens of importance for patients on the critical care unit. This article reviews the role of hospital water sources in the epidemiology of HAI and new technologies which can be employed in the prevention and control of such infections.
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Gemmata spp., pathogènes opportunistes ? / Gemmata spp., opportunistic pathogens?

Aghnatios, Rita 29 September 2015 (has links)
Au cours de notre travail de thèse, nous avons isolé la seconde espèce du genre Gemmata, Gemmata massiliana à partir de l'eau d'un réseau hospitalier. Nous avons étudié sa distribution dans deux réseaux hospitaliers à Marseille après avoir mis au point une PCR temps réel spécifique. Les échantillons d'eau filtrée recueillis dans l'unité de soins intensifs et des échantillons d'eau non-filtrée recueillis dans des fauteuils dentaires, des réservoirs et des points d'utilisation ont été testés. Au total, 2,2% des échantillons d'eau filtrée ont été positifs contre 11,3% des points d'eau non-filtrée, dont 14,1% des fauteuils dentaires, 5,9% des points d'utilisation et 8% des échantillons de réservoirs. Les patients hospitalisés peuvent être exposés à G. massiliana par l'intermédiaire de l'eau de l'hôpital. Le rôle des Gemmata comme pathogènes opportunistes méritait donc d'être exploré. Nous avons détecter de l'ADN de Planctomycetes dans 2 échantillons testés de sang de patients leucémiques, mais toutes les tentatives d'isolement ont échoué. Nous avons travaillé à améliorer les conditions de culture des Gemmata. Notre analyse du génome de G. obscuriglobus et de G. massiliana a indiqué l'absence de certains composants essentiels dans la voie du métabolisme du fer, les sidérophores et l'enzyme ferriréductase. La culture des Gemmata en présence du surnageant filtré d'Escherichia coli contenant les sidérophores et l'enzyme ferriréductase, améliorait significativement la croissance des Gemmata par rapport à la culture sur une gélose standard. L'amélioration des techniques de culture nous permettra par la suite de mieux aborder l'étude de pathogénicité. / During our thesis work, we isolated a second Gemmata species; Gemmata massiliana from a hospital water network in France. We studied its distribution in two hospitals water network in Marseille after developing a real-time PCR. Filtered water collected at the intensive care unit and non-filtered water collected from dental chairs, tanks and usage points were tested. In total, 2.2% filtered water samples tested positive versus 11.3% non-filtered points, including 14.1% dental chairs, 5.9% usage points and 8% tank specimens. We concluded that hospitalized patients may be exposed to G. massiliana through hospital water, especially the non-filtered water. The role of Gemmata as opportunistic pathogen deserved to be explored. Additionally, using 16S rRNA gene-based specific Planctomycetes primers, enabled us to detect DNA Planctomycetes in 2 of 100 blood samples tested of leukemic patients. In one of the positive specimens DNA of a Gemmata-related bacterium was detected, unfortunately all isolation attempts proved futile. Therefore, we worked at improving the Gemmata species culture conditions to optimize their isolation from clinical samples. Genome analysis indicated that Gemmata organisms do not encode some essential iron pathway components, siderophores and ferric reductase. On this basis, we have shown that culture of G. obscuriglobus and G. massiliana in the presence of Escherichia coli filtered supernatant containing siderophores and extracellular ferric reductase, significantly improved the two species growth compared to their culture on a standard agar. The improvement of Gemmata species culture techniques will allow us to better address the pathogenicity study.

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