The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis has changed as a result of the widespread use of
conjugate vaccines and preventive antimicrobial treatment of pregnant women. Given the …

Over the past three decades, antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae has
dramatically increased worldwide. Non-susceptibility to penicillin in S. pneumoniae was first …

ABSTRACT A total of 5,282 bacterial isolates obtained between 1 January and 31
December 31 2008, inclusive, from patients in 10 hospitals across Canada as part of the …

Objective Care remains suboptimal for a substantial proportion of the more than 17 million
patients in the United States with diabetes. This review examines strategies for improving …

OBJECTIVE: To determine current rates of and trends in hospitalizations for community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP) and CAP-associated complications among children. METHODS …

Procalcitonin is a surrogate biomarker for estimating the likelihood of a bacterial infection.
Procalcitonin-guided initiation and termination of antibiotic therapy is a novel approach …

The rise of antimicrobial resistance in many pathogens presents a major challenge to the
treatment and control of infectious diseases. Furthermore, the observation that drug-resistant …

Background. Older adults are at high risk of developing invasive pneumococcal disease, but
the optimal timing and number of vaccine doses needed to prevent disease among this …

6,620,928 B2* 9/2003 Besemer..................... 536/124 7,582,459 B2 9/2009 Hamidi et al.
2001/0048929 A1 12/2001 Chong et al. 2003/0180316 A1 9/2003 Boutriau et al …

OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the relationship of 'online commentary'(
contemporaneous physician comments about physical examination [PE] findings) with (i) …