Purpose: To evaluate the performance of the Combination Double Disc Method in the identification of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates. Materials and Methods: A total of 44 clinically relevant Enterobacteriaceae isolates were examined. The ESBL classification furnished by Combination Double Disc Test Method was concordant with that of the comparison method (Etest ESBL and molecular iden...

We report a case of child with cystic fibrosis and lumbar disc herniation. An 8-year-old boy presented with low back pain that exacerbated on coughing, sitting, walking, or bending and diminished when lying down. The straight leg raising test was positive when the right leg was lifted at 60 degrees. Crossed leg raising test was negative. Lumbar MRI revealed a L5-S1central disc protrusion. Conse...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To evaluate the repeatability of optic nerve head (ONH) measurements by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. PATIENTS AND METHODS Three scans were acquired in 32 healthy subjects during one session. Using Cirrus HD-OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA), the cup-to-disc ratio (CDR), disc area, rim area, cup volume, and horizontal and vertical CDRs were investig...

A concentric coplanar capacitive sensor includes a charged central disc forming a first electrode, an outer annular ring coplanar with and outer to the charged central disc, the outer annular ring forming a second electrode, and a gap between the charged central disc and the outer annular ring. The first electrode and the second electrode may be attached to an insulative film. A method provides...

The spiral galaxy NGC 6503 exhibits a regular kinematical structure except for a remarkable drop of the stellar velocity dispersion values in the central region. To investigate the dynamics of the disc in general, and that of the central region in particular, a theoretical framework has been described. This includes a mass decomposition of the galaxy into a family of disc/halo realizations comp...