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Background and rationale:
Resistance to penicillin was discovered in Staphylococcus aureus in the mid-1940s, soon after the introduction of penicillin as a therapeutic agent into clinical practice. The emergence of penicillin resistant S. aureus (PRSA) was widely encountered in hospitals thereafter,
Spinal bone infections can involve the bone vertebra, intervertebral disc space, spinal canal and soft tissues. It generate neurological deficit in addition to the destruction of the bone that causes functional disability and significant pain (Colmenero 1997). Spinal infections include discitis,
Diabetic foot ulcers constitute an important medical problem in the patients with diabetes mellitus. The epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulates the proliferation of fibroblasts, keratinocytes and vessel endothelial cells, which contributes to its healing properties.In previous phase I-III clinical
In collaboration with the Yale Bariatric Surgery Program and General Surgery Department, patients will be identified as 18-years-of-age or older seeking body-contouring procedures (including panniculectomy and abdominoplasty) following massive weight loss or those patients in need of complex
The duration of surgery and length of hospital stay were recorded for all patients. Three radiographic measurements were recorded on the coronal films: 1) Hip-Knee-Ankle Angle (HKA), the angle formed by the mechanical axis of the femur (line between the centre of the femoral head and the centre of
1. Background
1.1. Problem of surgical site infection after sternotomy Sternal osteomyelitis and poststernotomy mediastinitis is a severe and life-treating complication after the cardiac surgery. The incidence of sternal osteomyelitis ranges from 1% to 3% (1, 2) with a high mortality rate from 19%
Background
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) constitutes one of the most important public health problems with a worldwide impact due to its high prevalence and enormous social and economic consequences. It is believed that there are more than 135 million diabetics, and this number is expected to increase to