Clinical manifestations of odontogenic orofacial infections are protean and are largely
dictated by complex microbiota and anatomic routes of spread. Complications such as …

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation carries a significant risk of
complications, however published estimates appear inconsistent. We aimed to present a …

Evidence-based guidelines for managing patients with intra-abdominal infection were prepared
by an Expert Panel of the Surgical Infection Society and the Infectious Diseases Society …

The use of antimicrobial agents during pregnancy poses unique concerns because of both
potential toxicity and special pharmacokinetic considerations that have important therapeutic …

Objective. —To evaluate the efficacy and safety of anti—tumor necrosis factor α monoclonal
antibody (TNF-α MAb) in the treatment of patients with sepsis syndrome. Design. —…

Evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and initial management of suspected acute
bacterial rhinosinusitis in adults and children were prepared by a multidisciplinary expert panel …

Methods A committee was established that was composed of members from both the CIDS
and CTS, plus additional colleagues from the United States with strong interests in CAP. The …

… Chow, John Bartlett, Guidelines for the Selection of Anti-infective Agents for Complicated
Intra-… Chow has received honoraria and travel expenses for consulting services from Ortho-…

Staphylocoagulase, a major phenotypic determinant of Staphylococcus aureus, exists in
multiple allelic forms, in part because of the existence of gene variants within the 3'-end coding …

A set of universal degenerate primers which amplified, by PCR, a 600-bp oligomer encoding
a portion of the 60-kDa heat shock protein (HSP60) of both Staphylococcus aureus and …