To the Editor: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has emerged as an important nosocomial pathogen, especially in debilitated and immunocompro-mised persons (1). However, comparatively little is known of the epidemiology of this bacterium, and sources and routes of transmission of S. mal-tophilia are not well understood. The bacterium is widely distributed in the environment, including in plant rhi-zo...

Poor wastewater management that results from a lack of appropriate sanitation infrastructure contributes to increasing health risks in urban areas in Côte d'Ivoire. We assessed the health risks associated with the use of wastewater for watering salad destined for human consumption, to help local authorities in developing appropriate risk mitigation measures for Yamoussoukro, the political capit...

INTRODUCTION We present a novel airway simulation tool that recreates the dynamic challenges associated with emergency airways. The Suction-Assisted Laryngoscopy Assisted Decontamination (SALAD) simulation system trains providers to use suction to manage emesis and bleeding complicating intubation. METHODS We modified a standard difficult-airway mannequin head (Nasco, Ft. Atkinson, WI) with h...

background: the criteria for the quality control of iranian fresh produce are the total microbial count, enterococcal count and the detection of escherichia coli. the aim of this study was to assess microbial contamination of fresh vegetable and salad samples consumed in tehran, iran. methods: from may to october 2013, freshly vegetable (n=100) and salads (n=100) samples were randomly collected...

Multi-Word Expressions Mean Ratings Modifier Head Ahorn|blatt ‘maple leaf’ maple leaf 5.64 5.71 Blatt|salat ‘green salad’ leaf salad 3.56 5.68 See|zunge ‘sole’ sea tongue 3.57 3.27 Löwen|zahn ‘dandelion’ lion tooth 2.10 2.23 Fliegen|pilz ‘toadstool’ fly/bow tie mushroom 1.93 6.55 Fleisch|wolf ‘meat chopper’ meat wolf 6.00 1.90 an|leuchten ‘illuminate’ anPRT illuminate – 5.95 auf|horchen ‘listen...

Obesity remains a serious health concern throughout the United States and the world (Cecchini et al. 2010). Validated strategies for achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight include (A) exercising vigorously (Jakicic et al. 2001), (B) preparing meals at home rather than eating in restaurants (Bezerra et al. 2012), and (C) consuming lots of fruits and vegetables (Rolls et al. 2004). To ou...

CONTEXT This large outbreak of foodborne disease highlights the challenge of investigating outbreaks caused by intentional contamination and demonstrates the vulnerability of self-service foods to intentional contamination. OBJECTIVE To investigate a large community outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections. DESIGN Epidemiologic investigation of patients with Salmonella gastroenteritis ...

False memories, or memories for events that never occurred, have been documented in the real world and in the laboratory. In the real world, false memories involving trauma and abuse have resulted in real-life consequences. In the laboratory, researchers have just begun to study the consequences of false memories. We review this laboratory-based work and show how false memories for food-related...