Disk diffusion test is the usual applicable method for assessing the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in most institutions and hospitals. The aim of this study was to determine the reliability of resistant-reported results of disk diffusion test for 6 routinely used antibiotics against Gram-positive microorganisms of nosocomial origin, using E-test method.    Over a 1-year period, clinic...

   Disk diffusion test is the usual applicable method for assessing the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in most institutions and hospitals. The aim of this study was to determine the reliability of resistant-reported results of disk diffusion test for 6 routinely used antibiotics against Gram-positive microorganisms of nosocomial origin, using E-test method.    Over a 1-year period, clinic...

of cephalothin immediately post-infusion were 250 mg/L after a 2-g infusion, 100 mg/L after a 1-g infusion. The increase in apparent plasma creatinine declined more slowly with time than did cefoxitin. This is likely due to the higher concentrations of creatinine in plasma and to the additional interference by desacetylcephalothin. Cefoxitin is essentially unmetabolized. Two 24-h urine specimen...

The identification of causal effects is a fundamental problem in climate change research. Here, a new perspective on climate change causality is presented using the central England temperature (CET) dataset, the longest instrumental temperature record, and a combination of slow feature analysis and wavelet analysis. The driving forces of climate change were investigated and the results showed t...