Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of best practices in infection prevention and
management, many healthcare workers fail to implement them and evidence-based practices …

Over the last few years, the issue of managing the unnecessary urine culture has become
increasingly important in the health field. Although it aims to rationalize the healthcare …

Increasing evidence is emerging that the measurement of circulating biomarkers may be
clinically useful for diagnosing and monitoring sepsis. Eight members of AcEMC (Academy of …

When Whipple disease (WD) is confined to the CNS, diagnosis may be difficult. We report a
case of WD with spinal presentation in an otherwise healthy woman who had a 5-year …

Three drugs were assayed for their capacity to inhibit hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
production by the PLC/PRF/S human hepatoma cell line. The effect on cell growth and HBsAg …

The complement-fixation test may be used to detect rotaviral antigens directly in clinical
specimens. However, a certain number of specimens tested for human rotaviruses by the …

The government of the Marche Region has approved an Act called the “Regional Health
Plan” establishing rules for the organization and development of healthcare. The main aim of …

About 75% of the new diseases that have affected humans over the past 10 years have
originated from animals or products of animal origin. Zoonoses have a significant impact in most …

The effects of all the three types of human interferons (α, β and γ) on a human hepatoma
cell line with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-DNA sequences integrated into the host DNA and …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Cells. PLC/PRF/5 human hepatoma cells were routinely
cultured in our laboratory in RPMI 1640 supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) and …