The rate of diagnosis of colonization/infection of the airways with Achromobacter xylosoxidans has increased in cystic fibrosis patients, but its clinical significance is still controversial. This retrospective, case-control study aimed to evaluate the clinical impact of A. xylosoxidans colonization/infection in cystic fibrosis patients. Individuals who were chronically colonized/infected (n=10...

No series of analyses, papers, discussions, and books will stop the slaughter in our streets, or children from having children, men beating up women. The role intellectuals is limited; excessive expectations only produce disappointment. But that limited crucial, fears disappointment should not serve as an excuse for continuing along current course. (Rivers, 1995, p. 18) Some 25 years ago, Edwar...

Strictly anaerobic Bacteroides sp., Eubacterium sp., and Fusobacterium sp. were isolated from the cecum of a conventional mouse. An immunofluorescent method utilizing rabbit antisera specific for each of these three strains was developed to determine their population levels in the gastrointestinal tracts of gnotobiotic mice. Population levels of these anaerobes in groups of gnotobiotic mice col...