The in vitro activity of daptomycin was compared with those of vancomycin, linezolid, and quinupristin-dalfopristin against a variety (n = 203) of gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis (MRSA and MRSE, respectively), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (VISA). Overall, daptomycin was more active ...

The increasing use of internetworking protocols to connect administratively heterogeneous networks has raised the question of how an organization can control the flow of information across its network boundaries. One method for doing so is the use of visas, a cryptographic technique for authenticating and authorizing a flow of datagrams. This report presents and evaluates two visa protocols ---...

Infections with Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin continue to be reported, including 2 cases caused by S. aureus isolates with full resistance to vancomycin. This review first outlines the definitions of vancomycinintermediate S. aureus (VISA) and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA) and risk factors for infection. Next, we describe the mechanisms of resistance an...

STUDY DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. OBJECTIVES To compare the effectiveness of the Alfredson eccentric heel-drop protocol with a "do-as-tolerated" protocol for nonathletic individuals with midportion Achilles tendinopathy. BACKGROUND The Alfredson protocol recommends the completion of 180 eccentric heel drops a day. However, completing this large number of repetitions is time consuming ...

OBJECTIVES Continued selective pressure from glycopeptide use has led to non-susceptible strains of Staphylococcus aureus, including vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (VISA). Though relatively uncommon, VISA presents a particularly difficult clinical challenge when it arises. Pertinent to this investigation is the correlation between vancomycin intermediacy and daptomycin non-susceptibility. Th...

The increasing use of internetworking protocols to connect administratively heterogeneous networks has raised the question of how an organization can control the flow of information across its network boundaries. One method for doing so is the use of visas, a cryptographic technique for authenticating and authorizing a flow of datagrams. This report presents and evaluates two visa protocols ---...

OBJECTIVE The study examined whether the addition of a night splint to eccentric exercises is beneficial for functional outcome in chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy. DESIGN One-year follow-up of a randomised controlled single blinded clinical trial. SETTING Sports medicine department in a general hospital. PATIENTS 58 patients (70 tendons) were included. INTERVENTIONS All patient...

The scope of this work is to identify the characteristics relating to the quality of women's healthcare services from the perspective of the sanitary vigilance professionals (Visa) and women's healthcare coordinators (CSM) in the municipalities. It is a study with a qualitative approach that was carried out using semi-structured interviews. Three Brazilian state capitals were selected and three...