-
Article
Pre-operative Decolonization as a Strategy to Reduce Surgical Site Infection
To identify the most common strategies currently used for S. aureus decolonization and surgical site infection (SSI) prevention.
-
Article
Over-distension of the airways by mechanical ventilation in the elderly: adding insult to injury
Setzer and colleagues demonstrate that older animals are more susceptible to ventilator-induced lung injury than young animals and develop a more pronounced local and systemic cytokine response to high tidal v...
-
Article
Clinical review: Primary influenza viral pneumonia
Primary influenza pneumonia has a high mortality rate during pandemics, not only in immunocompromised individuals and patients with underlying comorbid conditions, but also in young healthy adults. Clinicians ...
-
Article
Clostridium difficile: the increasingly difficult pathogen
The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection is changing as a result of the epidemic spread of the hypervirulent North American Pulsefield type 1 strain. Clinicians are likely to encounter this disease mor...
