background and objectives: the aim of the study was to determine the role and characteristics of nosocomial and community acquired staphylococcus sepsis in admitted children in tertiary centers in iran. patients and methods: a cross sectional descriptive-analytic study was performed since march 2008 to march 2009 in which all blood cultures from various admitted patients were checked for staphy...

THE AUTHOR calls this the most serious of a group of cattle maladies that are commonly associated with the hardships and hazards of shipping—that is, the handling, neglect, or exposure of animals in transit or shortly afterward. It is an infectious disease which often terminates in death. The losses from shipping fever can be greatly reduced by careful management in shipping. Vaccination with b...

Fatal septicemia due to an unidentified gram-negative rod developed in a 60-year-old alcoholic. Infection due to this organism has been reported only rarely in the medical literature. Like Pasturella multocida, this organism is related to dog bites, is gram negative, and is sensitive to penicillin.

[This corrects the article on p. 156 in vol. 78, PMID: 26175766.].

Klebsiella oxytoca was isolated from the blood of a leukemic patient. The typical pathogenicity of Klebsiella oxytoca was observed in the patient. The pathogenicity of several Klebsiella oxytoca strains isolated from blood, urine and sputum of different patients was examined in mice, and it was found that Klebsiella oxytoca isolated from the blood had a higher toxicity than the others.

Background: Severe septicemia can result in impaired oxygen perfusion to the tissues. The PaO2/FiO2 ratio(P/F ratio) is one of measurement parameters for hypoxemia. This study aims evaluate P/F ratio asa risk factor hypoxemia against mortality children.Method: An observational with a prospective cohort design was conducted. Thirty-six patients withsepticemia, consisting 18 who living (survivor)...