OBJECTIVES: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a prominent
nosocomial bacterial pathogen, associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The global …

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2. Consensus suggestions can standardise care, thereby …

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a serious threat to public
health worldwide. Ongoing surveillance is essential to support infection control committees and …

Study objective To define the impact of BAL data on the selection of antibiotics and the
outcomes of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Design Prospective …

The most recent European guidelines and task force reports on hospital-acquired pneumonia
(HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were published almost 10 years ago. …

… Luna, MD, Acevedo 1070, Banfield, 1828, Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: [email
protected] … Luna CM, Vujacich P, Niederman MS, et al: Impact of BAL data on the therapy …

… Six and nine days after planting, a subapical 3-cm segment was cut from the first leaf of
each plant and groups of ten segments were floated on solutions of CuSO4 at different …

We performed a prospective, international, observational study of 844 hospitalized patients
with blood cultures positive for Streptococcus pneumoniae. Fifteen percent of isolates had in …

Retrospective studies have suggested that combination antibiotic therapy for severe
bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia may reduce mortality. We assessed this issue in a …

… CM Luna gratefully acknowledges support from the Royal Society, UK (two short-term
fellowships). Rothamsted Research receives grant-aid support from the Biotechnology and …