C. difficile may have killed 2000 in Quebec: study

Infective Endocarditis and Phlebotomies May Have Killed Mozart

Thirty-five year-old Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna after an acute illness that lasted only 15 days but no consensus has been reached on the cause of his death. From many letters written by his farther it is almost certain that he experienced at least three episodes of acute rheumatic fever attack in his childhood, and a relapse of rheumatic fever was suggested to have killed Mozart, although de...

raloxifene may have further benefits in women on hemodialysis

C. Difficile in Hiv Infection

The prevalence of Clostridium difficile infections in HIV-positive patients with regard to the presence of its enterotoxin was investigated. Enzyme immunoassay (EIA, Meridian Diagnostic Inc) was used for the detection of C. difficile enterotoxin in stool specimens collected from 201 HIV-positive and 271 HIV-negative diarrheal patients. Culture was performed on cycloserine cefoxitin fructose aga...

MONETARY POLICY REPORT – May 2000

The 1998 sterling silver proof dollar featured on the cover was designed by Adeline Halvorson and commemorates the 125th anniversary of the founding of the NorthWest Mounted Police. At the time of Confederation in 1867, Canada consisted of only four eastern provinces. In 1870, the government acquired a huge expanse of land from the Hudson's Bay Company. Plans to open the region to settlement re...

Research Activities #237, May 2000

Prevention Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) indicates that racial differences exist in treatment of patients at risk for stroke. Black patients hospitalized with transient ischemic attacks (TIAs, also called mini strokes) are significantly less likely than comparable white patients to receive diagnostic testing and surgery to prevent stroke and to have a neurologist as their attending phys...