Clostridium difficile - an Emerging Zoonosis?
Posted April 16, 2009 by Ali S. Khan | 
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Recent studies have isolated a bacterium called Clostridium difficile from meats sold in grocery stores. C. difficile causes a severe colon infection and is generally acquired in hospitals and long-term care facilities, but 20% of cases are acquired in the community - outside of healthcare settings. Could C. difficile be a source of infection from retail meats...
Snails, Slugs, and Semi-slugs: A Parasitic Disease in Paradise
Posted April 3, 2009 by Alex daSilva | 0 Comments
...CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases was contacted by the Hawaii Department of Health for advice regarding three cases of presumed Angiostrongylus cantonensis (AC) infection. AC, commonly called the rat lungworm, is a parasitic worm and the most common infectious cause of eosinophilic (a type of white cell) meningitis in humans worldwide...
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