An Ecological Call to Arms

A call to arms.

The Netherlands and other northern European countries have been enduring leaders in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) control across hospital and community environments. When I spoke to a Dutch colleague about their secret, I heard that some twenty-five years ago, when MRSA was starting to be seen in Europe, the microbiologists from across the country got together and in a reso...

Osmotherapy: A Call to Arms

Osmotherapy: A Call to Arms To the Editor: We read with interest the report by Bereczki and colleagues,1 who failed to find evidence supporting the use of mannitol in acute stroke after a thorough search of the available medical literature. The authors found only one “unconfounded” randomized clinical trial evaluating mannitol in stroke. Not surprisingly, mannitol holds a preeminent position in...

A call to cyber arms.

XI'AN, CHINA—The leaflet posted in the school of information engineering here at Xi'an Jiaotong University was brief but enticing, offering computer-savvy graduates a hefty stipend and the chance to serve their motherland. "I was curious," says Liu, who asked that only his surname be used in this article. It was the spring of 2007, and Liu, then 24 years old, was wrapping up a master's degree i...

Preface: A Call to Arms

Osmotherapy: A Call to Arms

Osmotherapy: A Call to Arms To the Editor: We read with interest the report by Bereczki and colleagues,1 who failed to find evidence supporting the use of mannitol in acute stroke after a thorough search of the available medical literature. The authors found only one “unconfounded” randomized clinical trial evaluating mannitol in stroke. Not surprisingly, mannitol holds a preeminent position in...