Hodgkin's disease (HD) represents a malignant lymphoma in which the putative malignant Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (H-RS) cells are rare and surrounded by abundant reactive cells. Single-cell analyses showed that H-RS cells regularly bear clonal Ig gene rearrangements. However, there is little information on the clinical evolution of HD in a given patient. In this study, we used the single-cell ...

OBJECTIVE Investigate clonal dissemination of nosocomial multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates within and between Brazilian intensive care units, which participated in the MYSTIC Program Brazil 2002. METHODS Thirty-six P. aeruginosa isolates resistant to meropenem or imipenem plus at least two of the following drugs: ciprofloxacin, cefepime, ceftazidime or piperacillin/tazobacta...

OBJECTIVES To determine the rates of mupirocin resistance in staphylococci during a 4 year period (1999-2002) in Greece. MATERIALS A total of 1200 Staphylococcus aureus and 2760 coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), consecutively collected from four Greek hospitals located in different geographical areas, were tested for susceptibility to mupirocin using the Etest and a reference agar dilu...