Aetiological agents of adult community-acquired pneumonia in Japan: systematic review and meta-analysis of published data

Objective Epidemiological information is essential in providing appropriate empiric antimicrobial therapy for pneumonia.This study aimed to clarify the epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) by conducting a systematic review of published studies in Japan.Design Systematic review.Data source PubMed and Ichushi web database (January 1970

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Dispensing of antibiotics without prescription and associated factors in drug retail outlets of Eritrea: A simulated client method.

Dispensing antibiotics without prescription is irrational and can hasten the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.This study aims at determining the extent of this practice and its determinants in all drug retail outlets of Eritrea.A cross-sectional simulated client method was used to Luminária da Lua conduct the study.Data was collected

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Ferrous sulfate, but not iron polymaltose complex, aggravates local and systemic inflammation and oxidative stress in dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis in rats

Jorge E Toblli, Gabriel Cao, Margarita Angerosa Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Hospital Alemán, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Background and aims: Iron deficiency is common in inflammatory bowel disease, yet oral iron therapy may worsen the disease symptoms and increase systemic and local oxida

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The importance of seismic protection of strategic objectives, in the area of influence of useful rock quarries, in which blasting works are carried out

In this scientific article was studied the main methods for assessing the seismic effect generated during the blasting operations with explosives, from quarries on essential infrastructure elements, in Leather Tool Accessory the analyzed situation - railway tunnel and supporting pillars of the railway superstructure in the adjacent area of the quar

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Multi-Vortex Regulation for Efficient Fluid and Particle Manipulation in Ultra-Low Aspect Ratio Curved Microchannels

Inertial microfluidics enables fluid and particle manipulation for biomedical and clinical applications.Herein, we developed a simple semicircular microchannel with an ultra-low aspect ratio to interrogate the unique formations of Hunting Shorts the helical vortex and Dean vortex by introducing order micro-obstacles.The purposeful and powerful regu

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