• Clostridium perfringens foodborne outbreak during an athletic event in northern Greece, June 2019 

      Mellou K., Kyritsi M., Chrysostomou A., Sideroglou T., Georgakopoulou T., Hadjichristodoulou C. (2019)
      Background: Food safety is a major public health consideration during athletic events. On 27 June 2019, the Hellenic National Public Health Organization was notified of a cluster of gastroenteritis cases among athletes of ...
    • Direct detection of Clostridium sordellii in pleural fluid of a patient with pneumonic empyema by a broad-range 16S rRNA PCR 

      Foroulis, C. N.; Gerogianni, I.; Kouritas, V. K.; Karestsi, E.; Klapsa, D.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Petinaki, E. (2007)
      We report the case of a 56-y-old male admitted with a left-sided post-pneumonic empyema. Clostridium sordellii DNA was directly detected in its pleural fluid by a broad-range 16S rRNA PCR, after 24 h of specimen collection. ...
    • Point-prevalence survey of healthcare facilityonset healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infection in Greek hospitals outside the intensive care unit: The C. DEFINE study 

      Skoutelis A., Pefanis A., Tsiodras S., Sipsas N.V., Lelekis M., Lazanas M.C., Gargalianos P., Dalekos G.N., Roilides E., Samonis G., Maltezos E., Hatzigeorgiou D., Lada M., Metallidis S., Stoupis A., Chrysos G., Karnesis L., Symbardi S., Loupa C.V., Giamarellou H., Kioumis I., Sambatakou H., Tsianos E., Kotsopoulou M., Georgopali A., Liakou K., Perlorentzou S., Levidiotou S., Giotsa-Toutouza M., Tsorlini-Christoforidou H., Karaiskos I., Kouppari G., Trikka-Graphakos E., Ntrivala M.-A., Themeli-Digalaki K., Pangalis A., Kachrimanidou M., Martsoukou M., Karapsias S., Panopoulou M., Maraki S., Orfanou A., Petinaki E., Orfanidou M., Baka V., Stylianakis A., Spiliopoulou I., Smilakou S., Zerva L., Vogiatzakis E., Belesiotou E., Gogos C.A. (2017)
      Background The correlation of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) with in-hospital morbidity is important in hospital settings where broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents are routinely used, such as in Greece. The C. DEFINE ...