CHROMagar Staph aureus (CSAM) (CHROMagar Microbiology, Paris, France) is a new chromogenic medium designed to enable detection of colonies of Staphylococcus aureus by their pink color. A total of 775 specimens were cultured in parallel on CHROMagar Staph aureus and conventional media. Among the 267 S. aureus strains recovered on at least one medium, 263 were isolated on CSAM medium (sensitivity...

INTRODUCTION Early HIV testing and timely initiation of ART is critical for the improved quality of life of PLWHIV. Having identified a higher rates of Late HIV diagnosis, this study was aimed to determine Determinants of late diagnosis of HIV among adult HIV patients in Bahir Dar, Northern Ethiopia. METHODS A case control study was conducted between January 2010 to December 2011 at Bahir Dar...

Comorbidities among adults with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) have been extensively explored, but there is limited data regarding comorbidities children HS. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence pediatric patients HS using an aggregated, de-identified patient database. Pediatric (<18 years old) were identified in Explorys, a cloud-based electronic health record database co...

Components of an Ultrasound Quality Assurance Program 257 Quality Assurance and Preventive Maintenance 257 Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms 257 Tissue Properties Represented in Phantoms 257 Typical Quality Assurance Phantom Design 257 Cautions About Phantom Desiccation 258 Basic Quality Control Tests 259 Visual Inspection 259 Transducer Choice 259 System Sensitivity 260 Photography and Gray-Scale Hard...

G. S. Pegg*, F. R. Giblin, A. R. McTaggart, G. P. Guymer, H. Taylor, K. B. Ireland, R. G. Shivas and S. Perry Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Horticulture and Forestry Science, Agri-Science Queensland, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, Qld 4001; Forest Industries Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Locked Bag 4, Maroochydore DC, Qld 4558; Queensland Alliance for Agricultu...

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4Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department, Utah State University, 7000 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA *Corresponding author Masaru Teramoto, PhD, MPH Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Health Sciences College of Nursing and Health Professions Drexel University 1601 Cherry Street, MS 9503 Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA Tel. +1-267-359-5718 Fax: +1-267-359-5722 E-mail: Masar...