Background: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci have been recovered with increasing
frequency from hospitalized patients. Risk factors, mode of nosocomial transmission, extent of …

Background: Peripherally inserted central catheterization is a relatively new approach for
intravenous therapy in acute-care hospitals. Few studies are available on peripherally inserted …

Endocarditis due to Actinomyces species for which a portal of entry cannot be identified is
extremely rare. We present a case of primary endocarditis due to Actinomyces israelii with an …

Poxviruses encode numerous proteins that inhibit apoptosis, a form of cell death critical to
the elimination of virally infected cells. Sequencing of the deerpox virus genome revealed …

purpose: To identify the type, rate, burden, and pattern of contamination of boxed, clean but
nonsterile gloves in our intensive care unit (ICU). materials and methods: The fingertips of …

… Lam Sing to Lam Klon I summarize some key developments in the transformation of lam klon
(poetry, repartee lam) to lam sing … a lam klon performance prior to the arrival of lam sing in …

Flavimonas oryzihabitans has rarely been implicated in human infections. Previously reported
cases of infections caused by this bacterium were nosocomially acquired. We report two …

This study employed a population sampling procedure based on households to determine
within the Sydney (Australia) area a minimum point prevalence ratio of epilepsy (defined as 3 …

The mortality of acute pancreatitis has steadily decreased over the last two decades while the
incidence of acute pancreatitis has doubled, however, it still ranges from 5 to 10% in some …

AIM: To determine levels of cytokines in colonic mucosa of asymptomatic first degree relatives
of Crohn’s disease patients. METHODS: Cytokines (Interleukin (IL) 1-Beta, IL-2, IL-6 and IL…