The bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is a motile, gram-positive coccobacillus that can
frequently be isolated from soil, water, and vegetation. It is a common cause of …

We convened an interdisciplinary guideline development panel, the Help ELiminate Pain in
KIDS (HELPinKIDS) Team, to develop the guideline. Individual panel members were …

Recent studies have resulted in major changes in the management of urinary tract infections
(UTIs) in children. The present statement focuses on the diagnosis and management of …

Serious outbreaks of food-borne ill-ness, whether regional or national, dramatically raise
community anxiety about personal health and increase the workloads of front-line physicians. …

Human newborns are more susceptible than adults to infection by gram-negative bacteria.
We hypothesized that this susceptibility may be associated with a decreased response by …

Background Early palliative care (EPC) in oncology has been shown to have a positive
impact on clinical outcome, quality-of-care outcomes, and costs. However, the optimal way for …

Aim Early palliative care (EPC) in oncology has shown sparse evidence of a positive impact
on patient outcomes, quality of care outcomes and costs. Patients and methods Data for this …

Background The success of the neurolytic celiac plexus block, despite different approaches
and methods used, depends on adequate spread of the injectate in the celiac area. This …

An enhanced pertussis surveillance and laboratory diagnosis program was initiated in the
Halifax metropolitan area of Nova Scotia to better delineate the epidemiology of pertussis. …

To describe the clinical course of Bordetella pertussis infection in a highly immunized childhood
population, we studied prospectively endemic and epidemic pertussis in a metropolitan …