We describe a case of severe necrotizing pneumonia due to community-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cultures of fluid obtained from the filter of the patient's hot tub grew the same P. aeruginosa strain as that grown from culture of the patient's sputum. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines should be strictly followed for hot tub maintenance to prevent P. aeruginosa overgrowth...

BACKGROUND Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) bathing has been used primarily in critical care to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections and infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms. The objective was to determine the effect of hospital-wide CHG patient bathing on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). DESIGN Quasi-experimental, staged, dose-escalation study for 19 months ...

Having a bath is one of the simple pleasures in life. There are many ways of relaxing in the bath; for children, the fun comes from having a tub that contains more toys thanwater (and the floor contains more water than toys), while for adults, water warms the outside and a good glass of wine warms the soul. For some animals, however, a bath may be a life or death matter; going without a bath mi...

Provides guidelines for bathing persons with dementia and procedures for dealing with specific bathing problems in long-term care settings. Addresses ways to maintain quality of bathing procedures, and includes case exercises to be used for training. Designed to help long-term care staff individualize the bathing approach, focus on the person, enlist cooperation, give the person choices, and us...

The composition of the solution bathing one border of the isolated frog skin affects the response of the potential across the skin to changes in the composition of the solution bathing the opposite border. Increasing the K concentration of the inside (corium) bathing solution decreased the sensitivity of the potential to a change in outside Na concentration. Decreasing the outside Na concentrat...

:  Anthrax in herbivorous wildlife and livestock is generally assumed to be transmitted via ingestion or inhalation of Bacillus anthracis spores. Although recent studies have highlighted the importance of the ingestion route for anthrax transmission, little is known about the inhalational route in natural systems. Dust bathing could aerosolize soilborne pathogens such as B. anthracis, exposing ...

The ERS/ATS definition identifies the group of patients encompassed by categories 1 and 3. We see the ERS/ ATS guidelines as entirely complementary to the WHO document focusing on these two categories, particularly treatment-resistant severe asthma, where approaches to phenotyping and targeted novel therapies will be needed, once the issue of untreated asthma at the individual level has been ex...