abstract background: primary immunodeficiency diseases (pid) are heterogeneous group of inherited disorders mainly characterized by recurrent infections leading to several times hospital admissions. the economic impact of pid is a challenging issue; therefore, this study was designed to determine the medical costs of hospitalizations in this group of patients as an indicator of the direct cost ...

The Journal recognizes the influx of new antimicrobials onto the clinical scene. Our desire is to offer the reader an up-to-date, succinct, and practical appraisal of these newer antimicrobials and the clinician a resource from which to make clinical decisions as to their use in practice. The Journal welcomes suggestions from its audience concerning other antimicrobials they would like to see r...

Sir, the recent article by Steinhauer et al. [1] is very interesting. Steinhauer et al. reported that “primary packaging material and use were not found to pose a significant contamination risk as far as bacterial spores are concerned” [1]. In fact, the contamination of hand disinfectants and skin antiseptics can be expected. In tropical world where the climate is proper for the growth of patho...

Staphylococcus haemolyticus strain SW007 was isolated from a nasal swab taken from a healthy dog. The isolate is resistant to methicillin, mupirocin, macrolides, and sulfonamides. The SW007 draft genome is 2,325,410 bp and contains 2,277 coding sequences, including 60 tRNAs and nine complete rRNA-coding regions.

Antiseptic agents are increasingly used for hand hygiene and skin decolonization as key tools for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections. Chlorhexidine, a divalent, cationic biguanide, has a broad spectrum of activity and is one of the most frequently used topical antiseptic agents. Notably, there are an increasing number of prevalence studies that report reduced levels of susceptib...

Antiseptics and Disinfectants are widely used in hospitals and other health care centers to control the growth of microbes on both living tissues and inanimate objects. Different pathogens responded different antiseptics and disinfectants. Antibacterial effects of the antiseptics and disinfectants were also concentration dependent. Raut Gargi, Vanmali Harshad, Pimpliskar Mukesh

OBJECTIVES To incorporate behavioural insights into the user-centred design of an inpatient prescription chart (Imperial Drug Chart Evaluation and Adoption Study, IDEAS chart) and to determine whether changes in the content and design of prescription charts could influence prescribing behaviour and reduce prescribing errors. DESIGN A mixed-methods approach was taken in the development phase o...

From an ancient tool to a modern way of improving oral health, miswak (chewing stick) has proven to be an effective tool for oral health. The miswak removes the bacterial plaque by mechanical and chemical actions. It provides a cheap and easily accessible way of improving oral health of the individuals and populations. The use of miswak was promoted centuries ago by Prophet Muhammad (Peace be U...

I read with enthusiasm the manuscript by neurosurgeons Ren and Canavero on his progress toward the first human head transplantation procedure.[1] Certainly, history has demonstrated that many “quantum leaps” in medicine challenged the accepted norms at the time. However, I would suggest that no prior “quantum leap” in medicine (e.g., “antiseptic handwashing, balloon angioplasty”) compares to th...