… S. aureus is responsible for half of the hospital-associated infections and takes the lives of
approximately 100 000 patients each year in the USA alone. The bacteria produce a biofilm in …

… Sanche is a postdoctoral research associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los
Alamos, New Mexico, USA. His primary research interest lies in complex disease dynamics …

… By coating half of the surface of polystyrene MPs with platinum, the authors showed that
at short times, the particle trajectory was predominantly ballistic with velocities in the μm s −1 …

… Stepping the potential from −0.4 V to different positive potentials led to a steady decrease
in the speed from nearly 20 μm s −1 to 16, 10, and 4 μm s −1 (at +0.40, +0.60, and +1.0 V, …

… PCR with fungus-specific primers targeted toward conserved sequences of the 5.8S and
28S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) results in amplification of the species-specific ITS2 regions, which …

… of 30 s at 94C, 30 s at 56C, and 60 s at 72… s at 94C, 30 s at 65C, and then ramping down
1C/cycle from 65 to 57C, followed by 60 s at 72C; 40 cycles of 30 s at 94C, 30 s at 56C, and 60 s …

… The 48-h amphotericin B and voriconazole MICs at which 90% of the isolates were inhibited
(MIC 90 s) were 4 and 0.25 μg/ml, respectively. The MLC at which 90% of the isolates were …

… For this purpose, we used Wuhan’s daily migration index to other provinces and the daily
distribution of traveler destinations from Wuhan (see Data Collection). When assuming linearity …

… Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was performed using ramped switch times of 5 to 35 s for
18 h at 3 V/cm. RFLP patterns were obtained by digestion of chromosomal DNA with EcoRI (…

Background . The empirical treatment of febrile, neutropenic patients with cancer requires
antibacterial regimens active against both gram-positive and gram-negative pathogens. This …