This study reports the in vitro activities of vancomycin and teicoplanin against 185 coagulase-negative staphylococcal strains isolated from 80 neutropenic patients who received different antibiotic treatments. All strains were susceptible to vancomycin: MICs for 50 and 90% of strains tested were 2 and 4 mg/liter, respectively. Teicoplanin was less active, and MICs displayed a wider range. For ...

The dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 185— the closest early-type galaxy with detectable molecular gas— offers a unique opportunity for high angular resolution studies of the interstellar medium in early-type galaxies. I present interferometric images (17 pc × 14 pc resolution) of CO emission from NGC 185. The majority of the molecular gas in NGC 185 is in one resolved cloud, closely associated with ...

Background: The optimal time to repair ischemic ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is debatable. We compared the outcomes, including operative mortality, between patients who underwent early vs. late VSR repair.
 Methods: Twenty-eight presented with were included in this study. Patients grouped according timing of into two groups; group (n= 12) and 16). primary endpoint was mortality.
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Purpose: The use of circulating tumor cells (CTC) as "liquid biopsy" is limited by the very low yield of CTCs available for subsequent analyses. Most in vitro approaches rely on small sample volumes (5–10 mL). Experimental Design: Here, we used a novel approach, the GILUPI CellCollector, which enables an in vivo isolation of CTCs from peripheral blood. In total, 50 lung cancer patients were scr...

Recent studies have suggested that mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) may offer advantages over intravenous cyclophosphamide (IVC) for the treatment of lupus nephritis, but these therapies have not been compared in an international randomized, controlled trial. Here, we report the comparison of MMF and IVC as induction treatment for active lupus nephritis in a multinational, two-phase (induction and m...

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Hemagglutinating Behavior of Mouse and Eggadapted Type A (PR8) Influenza Virus: Seymour S. Kalter .............. ........................ 184 Cytological Evidence Opposing the Theory of Brachymeiosis in the Ascomycetes: Lindsay S. Olive ........... ........................... 185 Inability of Thymine and Adenine to Substitute for Pteroylglutamie Acid in the Folic Acidd4eflient Rat: H. G. Peteri...

BACKGROUND ATS/ERS Task Force has highlighted that special attention must be paid when FEV1 and FVC are concomitantly decreased (<5th percentile) and the FEV1/FVC ratio is normal (>5th percentile) because a possible cause of this non specific pattern (NSP) is collapse of small airways with normal TLC measured by body plethysmography (>5th percentile). Our objectives were to determine the main l...