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Implementation of quality management for clinical bacteriology in low-resource settings Institute of Tropical Medicine KU Leuven

Barbara Barbé, Cedric P Yansouni, Dissou Affolabi, Jan Jacobs

BACKGROUND: The declining trend of malaria and the recent prioritization of containment of antimicrobial resistance have created a momentum to implement clinical bacteriology in low-resource settings (LRS). Successful implementation relies on guidance by a quality management system (QMS). Over the past decade, international initiatives were launched towards implementation of QMS in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

AIMS: To describe ...

Bacteriology testing of cardiovascular tissues: comparison of transport solution versus tissue testing. Hasselt University KU Leuven

R. Diaz Rodriguez, B. Van Hoeck, B. Mujaj, R. Ngakam, Y. Fan, Kris BOGAERTS, R. Jashari
Bacteriology testing is mandatory for quality control of recovered cardiovascular allografts (CVA). In this paper, two different bacteriology examinations (A tests) performed before tissue antibiotic decontamination were compared: transport solution filtration analysis (A1) and tissue fragment direct incubation (A2). For this purpose, 521 CVA (326 heart and 195 artery tissues) from 280 donors were collected and analyzed by the European Homograft ...

Evaluation of InTray cassettes directly from blood cultures for the diagnosis of sepsis in clinical bacteriology laboratories as an alternative to classic culture media Institute of Tropical Medicine KU Leuven

Alessandra Natale, Saoussen Oueslati, Alice Rochard, Sien Ombelet, D Lopez-Baez, Liselotte Hardy, J. Cunningham, C Franquesa, O. Vandenberg, Jean-Baptiste Ronat, et al.
Culture media is fundamental in clinical bacteriology for the detection and isolation of bacterial pathogens. However, in-house media preparation could be challenging in low-resource settings. InTray® cassettes (Biomed Diagnostics) could be a valid alternative as they are compact, ready-to-use media preparations. In this study, we evaluate the use of two InTray media as a subculture alternative for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections: the ...

Bacteriology in disease: failure of a micro-ecological balance? Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Frans Gordts
Bacteriology in disease: failure of a micro-ecological balance?Gordts F.
ENT Department, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

Both aerobic (mainly alpha-haemolytic streptococci) and anaerobic micro-organisms (like Prevotella and Peptostreptococcus species) are able to interfere with the growth of potential pathogens such as group A beta-haemolytic streptococci, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and ...

The effect of starch gelatinisation degree on intestinal morphology, intestinal pH and bacteriology in pigeons Ghent University

Enass Abdelkhalek, Isabelle Kalmar, Frank Pasmans, Richard Ducatelle, Guy Werquin, Rosalie Devloo, Geert Janssens
The effect of starch gelatinisation degree in extruded feed on intestinal morphology, intestinal pH and faecal bacteriology was investigated in pigeons. Extruded complete pigeon diets would offer the principle advantage of providing equilibrated nutrients and energy, but factors such as starch gelatinisation require investigation before these diets are offered as main dietary items to pigeons. Birds were fed two diets with equal ingredient ...