Epidemiological investigation and typing of Candida glabrata clinical isolates by FTIR spectroscopy.

Candida glabrata has emerged as one of the leading agents of fungal infections and strain typing is essential for epidemiological investigation that is generally achieved by molecular techniques. In this work, we studied twenty-nine C. glabrata strains isolated from different patients, using a phenotypic approach based on Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, which has been in a previous study successfully applied as a rapid typing method for Candida albicans.

Surgery for mesenteric infarction: prognostic factors associated with early death within 72 hours.

Objective: The aim of this study was to look for preoperative and postoperative prognostic factors for early mortality, likely to be of use to clinicians in decision making.

Design: Prospective multicenter study.

Setting: This study was conducted in 4 university hospitals in Northeast France.

Improved removal of small proteins using continuous venovenous hemofiltration to treat acute renal failure.

Continuous venovenous hemodialysis (CVVHD) or hemofiltration conducted with pre- (CVVHpre) or post- (CVVHpost) dilution modes are recommended to treat patients with acute renal failure (ARF) and cardiovascular instability. The efficiency of the three techniques was compared in a study including 18 critically ill patients with ARF. Their mean age was 62.