The BSAC guidelines on treatment of infectious endocarditis (IE) were last published in
2004. The guidelines presented here have been updated and extended to reflect …

Glass-ionomer cements (GICs) have been widely used for over forty years, because of their
desirable properties in dentistry. The most important advantages of the GICs are associated …

Los antimicrobianos son fármacos distintos al resto. Su eficacia en la reducción de la
morbilidad y la mortalidad es muy superior a la de otros grupos de medicamentos. Por otra …

Nosocomial bloodstream infections (nBSIs) are an important cause of morbidity and
mortality. Data from a nationwide, concurrent surveillance study, Brazilian SCOPE …

Early and adequate antimicrobial therapy has been shown to improve the clinical outcome
in bloodstream infections (BSI). To provide rapid pathogen identification for targeted …

Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)
allows the identification of microorganisms directly from positive blood culture broths. Use of …

Diagnosis of infectious diseases suffers from long turnaround times for gold standard culture-
based identification of bacterial pathogens, therefore impeding timely specific antimicrobial …

The increasing global threat of antibiotic resistance, which has resulted in countless fatalities
due to untreatable infections, underscores the urgent need for a strategic action plan. The …

Background Mortality rates among patients with sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock are
highly variable throughout different regions or services and can be upwards of 50 …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial potential and
physicochemical properties of a dental adhesive incorporated with epigallocatechin-3 …