Leicester incontinence sufferer ‘too frightened’ to drink water – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-32222349

Is there a link between gram-negative bacteraemia and hydration? Evidence a bit thin but I find it highly plausible, especially given the papers from all over the planet demonstrating seasonality. Pads vs antibiotics. No brainer

Time to wake this sleeping blog up I think. Plenty of material out there. I’m just back from a trip to Asia, including the APSIC meeting in Taiwan. What struck me was the huge amount of interest in the environment. The meeting kicked off with a keynote on the subject and looking through the programme there was a session on environmental contamination in virtually every concurrent. Acinetobacter is the primary concern and they’ve not got started on C. difficile yet (mainly helped by not looking for it.. I wish I’d thought of that)