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Enteral Feeding Tube (EFT) such as Nasogastric Tube (NGT), Duodenal/Jejunal Tube and Gastrostomy Tube are frequently used in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). However, EFT is generally an omitted/neglected source of contamination. EFT can serve as a reservoir of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Specific Objectives:
To evaluate the microbiome response to probiotic supplementation (with and without prebiotics) in under 6 months infants with severe acute malnutrition and to compare the microbiome response with healthy infants supplemented with probiotic.
Research Design and Methods:
Study
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Multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled, ascending dose, randomized Phase IB/2A study to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) profile of s.c. FE 203799 in patients diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
This was a prospective observational cohort study, conducted between January 2011 and December 2015 (5 years) at Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Hospital, a tertiary care university-affiliated medical center in Istanbul. Written informed consent was obtained from the parents of all infants enrolled in the
The infection of cardiac implantable electronic device site (including both pocket infection and deeper infections) is a common complication of electronic device insertion. Its incidence is estimated in different series as 0.2-0.7 per 100 device-years. The risk factors that raise the incidence of
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine efficacy of orally-administered Lactobacillus plantarum (LBP) in preventing the development of gastrointestinal (GI) acute graft versus host disease (aGvHD) in children and adolescents undergoing alternative donor allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation
Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a major complication in cancer patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy. Endogenous flora is considered to be one of the main sources of infections in neutropenic patients. The first step in infection process is colonization of the intestine by pathogenic bacteria with
Diagnosis: The diagnosis of Alcoholic hepatitis is made by the following criteria (12)
I. Chronic active alcohol abuse - >80 grams in males and > 60 grams in females for > 5 years for developing Alcoholic Cirrhosis (13) Alcohol use will be evaluated with the AUDIT score (EASL guidelines (14) II.
Excessive immune system stimulation, activation, and associated inflammation play a central role in the pathogenesis of HIV disease. The level of T-cell and monocyte activation predicts the rate of HIV disease progression to AIDS, the slope of CD4+ T-cell loss, and mortality [Liu 1997, Liu 1998,
Specific Aim 1. To define and characterize the etiologic agents of community acquired bacteremic syndromes in young Nigerian children Hypothesis 1a: the role of vaccine-preventable infections such as those caused by the Pneumococcus, Hib in the etiology of CABS is currently underestimated due to
The secondary objectives of this study are to compare the impact of the intervention of a dietician on:
- daily and accumulated energy balance at the end of the intensive care unit (ICU) stay
- deficits in protein intake per day, accumulated over 7 days, and accumulated for the ICU stay
- intake of
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine whether levofloxacin given prophylactically during periods of neutropenia to patients being treated with chemotherapy for acute leukemia (AL) or undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) will decrease the incidence of bacteremia.
SECONDARY
1.1 Overview This study will assess the effectiveness of a breastfeeding support intervention for infants admitted to the hospital with jaundice. It will evaluate the effect of this intervention on duration of breastfeeding and health care utilization.
1.2 Study Objectives: Primary: To determine the