Areas of recent C. gattii dispersal may go through a period of intermittent positivity before either failing to become colonized (transience) or becoming permanently colonized.
The stochastic model, on the other hand, argues that if a patient exits the hospital he cannot be become colonized (and even if he becomes colonized he cannot infect other patients).
Although such an approach should minimize antibiotic exposure, carrying it out in practice could be difficult, as cultures may be falsely negative (14 ), and persons could become colonized or transmit colonization to others in the interval between culturing and treatment.
In addition, wild birds and surface waters can also become colonized or contaminated with fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter, thereby becoming reservoirs for subsequent flocks (Bull et al. 2006; Chuma et al. 2000; Waldenstrom et al. 2005).
Although different pathogens have different preferential colonization sites, several body sites may eventually become colonized, even those that are protected in healthy individuals.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients become colonized early in life with P. aeruginosa, and the prevalence of colonization increases with age (Rajan and Saiman 2002).
A high proportion of ICU patients become colonized, but only 5%to30%0% of them develop an invasive infection.
Some have become artificial coral reefs, and Taylor has opened numerous underwater sculpture parks that become colonized by marine life and form part of local eco-systems.
Since probiotics are live bacteria, patients could become colonized and eventually develop probiotic-related infection.
In other words, a patient will become colonized, on average, after about 77 visits from a HCW.
Although a substantial proportion of patients become colonized with Candida sp. during a hospital stay, only few develop severe infection.
