We prospectively evaluated 53 patients with prosthetic joints and 27 patients with other
orthopedic prosthetic devices who developed Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). After …

Background Legionnaires' disease is under-diagnosed because of inconsistent use of
diagnostic tests and uncertainty about whom to test. We assessed the increase in case detection …

Background. Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is a common complication of S. aureus
infection. There are few pediatric studies defining the incidence and associated morbidity and …

Chancroid is a sexually transmitted infection associated with genital ulceration and
lymphadenopathy caused by Haemophilus ducreyi. Localized skin infections, in the absence of …

Aim To compare disease severity and clinical outcome of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)
due to PCR-ribotype (RT) 244 with CDI due to other strains present in Auckland. Method A …

More than any other psychologist, Carol Gilligan has helped us to hear girls' voices just
when they seem to be blurring and fading or becoming disruptive during the passage into …

HUMAN sequence monoclonal antibodies, which in theory combine high specificity with low
immunogenicity, represent a class of potential therapeutic agents. But nearly 20 years after …

We have generated transgenic mice that contain human-sequence Ig mlnllocl and, because
they are also homozygous for a targeted disruption of their endogenous heavy chain genes, …

BACKGROUND: Despite preliminary evidence, the role of probiotics in allergy prevention is
unclear. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether early probiotic supplementation prevents …

BACKGROUND: There is growing interest in the potential role of anti-inflammatory n-3
polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) in the prevention of allergic disease. OBJECTIVE: We …