Surgical Site Infections at Shirati KMT Hospital in Northeastern Tanzania.

Despite improved guidelines for surgical practices and better surgical methods and tools, surgical site infection (SSI) is still a common cause of morbidity and mortality with increased rates in resource-limited nations. In Tanzania, there is limited data on SSI and associated risk factors for developing an effective surveillance system for SSI. In this study, we aimed to establish for the first time the baseline SSI rate and its associated factors at the Shirati KMT Hospital in Northeastern Tanzania.

Administration of Interleukin-15 Peptide Improves Cardiac Function in a Mouse Model of Myocardial Infarction.

Interleukin-15 is a pleotropic factor, capable of modulating metabolism, survival, proliferation, and differentiation in many different cell types. The rationale behind this study relates to previous work demonstrating that IL-15 is a major factor present in stem cell extracts, which protects cardiomyocytes subjected to hypoxic stress in vitro. The objective of this current study was to assess whether administration of IL-15 peptide will also show protective effects in vivo.