Exploring the role of epileptic focus lateralization on facial emotion recognition in the spectrum of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

Introduction: Evidence increasingly shows that facial emotion recognition (FER) is impaired in refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (rMTLE), especially in patients with a right focus. This study explores FER in both mild (mMTLE) and refractory forms, examining the influence of epileptic focus lateralization on FER.

Methods: 50 MTLE patients, categorized by epilepsy severity and focus lateralization, were compared with healthy controls.

An outbreak of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumanii in a university hospital in São Paulo, Brazil.

A case-control (46 cases, 23 controls) study was done to determine risk factors for an outbreak of a multiresistant Acinetobacter baumanii (only susceptible to colistin) in a university hospital. The use of antecedent antibacterials and intubation were independent risk factors. No common source was found.

Electric showers as a control measure for Legionella spp. in a renal transplant unit in São Paulo, Brazil. Legionellosis Study Team.

After an outbreak of legionnaires' disease Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in a renal transplant unit in São Paulo, Brazil, periodic hyperchlorination and flushing of pipes were instituted as control measures. These were only partially effective as every two to five months water cultures turned positive or new cases of the disease occurred. In November 1993 the hot water was disconnected from the unit and small, plastic electric showers were installed in each bathroom.