to reply. Firstly, "modified antiseptic method " should have been " modified aseptic method ; " this is, I believe, a printer's error for the context reads " using antiseptic, lotions for instruments, towels and hands during the operation, and antiseptic powders and dressings afterwards." This could only apply to a modified aseptic and not antiseptic method. Secondly, Major Newman is in error o...

Human enteroviruses (EVs) are the major causative agents of aseptic meningitis. In this study, a total of 524 children were admitted to the children Kunming hospital (continental China) for aseptic meningitis manifestations in 2009 and 2010. An EV infection was diagnosed in 85/524 children (16.2 %) and the viruses detected were assigned to 16 serotypes. Most serotypes belonged to the enteroviru...

Clinical and radiographic follow-up was performed on a consecutive series of 105 patients who underwent 120 total hip arthroplasties at the authors' institution from 1983 to 1988 with a straight, cobalt-chrome femoral stem implanted using a second-generation cementing technique. The mean age at the time of surgery was 68.5 years, and the mean follow-up was 16 years. At 16 years' follow-up, the ...

BACKGROUND The most common intermediate and long-term complications of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) include aseptic and septic failure of prosthetic joints. These complications cause suffering, and their management is expensive. In the future the number of revision TKA will increase, which involves a greater financial burden. Little concrete data about direct costs for aseptic and two-stage se...

Central nervous system (CNS) infection is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, despite advancements in molecular testing, aseptic meningitis remains challenging to diagnose. Aseptic cases are often underreported worldwide, which impacts the quality patient care. Therefore, we aimed assess results BioFire® FilmArray® meningitis/encephalitis (ME) PCR panel, clinical characterist...