Ten patients with intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired Chryseobacterium indologenes bacteremia between January 2004 and December 2008 were studied. The primary site of infection was unknown for 80% of the cases. The known primary sites of infection were empyema (10%) and catheter-related bacteremia (10%). Eight patients (80%) had polymicrobial bacteremia, spent more than 21 days in the ICU, a...

In the spirit of Chern’s proof of the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, we show that Sha’s secondary Chern-Euler form Ψ is exact away from the outward and inward unit normal vectors by constructing a form Γ such that dΓ = Ψ. Using Stokes’ theorem, this evaluates the boundary term α∗(Ψ)[M ] in Sha’s relative Poincaré-Hopf theorem in terms of more classical local indices, Ind ∂+V and Ind ∂−V , for the tangen...

n-ith the aid of an electronic computer, case studirs of n-ind malyses at the 85O-and ZOO-mb. pressure levels have beet1 made. The divergent and non-divcrgetlt wind cornpotleuts resulting from the and v wind-component analyses are investigated. For thfs caws considered, the streamfunction fields are slightly superior to the Joint Numerical Weather Prediction opcxrational fields, obtained initia...

Sphingomonas paucimobilis is an aerobic Gram-negative bacillus found in soil and water. Knowledge regarding the role of this infectious agent is limited because it is rarely isolated from human material. Furthermore, it is an unusual pathogen in cases of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis. The clinical courses and outcomes of peritonitis caused by S. paucimobilis are variable. Wher...