AIMS To compare the performance of four media, singly and in combination, as direct plating media for the isolation of Salmonella enterica from human faeces. METHODS Two thousand four hundred and nine routine, faecal samples received by four laboratories were inoculated on to xylose lysine desoxycholate (XLD), desoxycholate citrate (DCA), mannitol lysine crystal violet brilliant green (MLCB),...

AIMS This study investigated the performance of a new chromogenic plating medium for the detection of Listeria monocytogenes from naturally contaminated samples obtained from marine environments in Morocco in comparison with the conventional plating media PALCAM and Oxford. METHODS A total of 479 marine samples (sea water, sediment and mussels) were collected from 16 littoral sites in the reg...

BACKGROUND The choice between intramedullary (IM) nailing or plating of distal tibia fractures without articular involvement remains controversial. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies was performed to compare IM nailing with plating for distal tibia fractures without articular involvement and to determine the dominant strategy. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

The loss at 210-280 GHz of room temperature waveguides plated with BDT 200 bright gold and Pur-A-Gold 125 soft gold is within ~10% of the theoretical loss based on the DC conductivity of pure gold and the classical skin effect. This is not the case for some other types of gold plating meeting the same ASTM (or MIL) specs but in which a trace of nickel is used as a brightener. Introduction Follo...