Comprehensive Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Suspected Myocarditis: The MyoRacer-Trial.

Background: Data suggest that T1 and T2 mapping have excellent diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspected myocarditis. However, the true diagnostic performance of comprehensive cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) mapping versus endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) has not been determined.

Objectives: This study assessed the performance of CMR imaging, including T1 and T2 mapping, compared with EMB in an unselected, consecutive patient cohort with suspected myocarditis.

Outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Background: Ralstonia pickettii is a Gram-negative bacillus commonly found in soil and moist environments; however, R. pickettii is rarely isolated from clinical specimens. In August 2001, a cluster of R.