Measurement of dabigatran and rivaroxaban in primary prevention of venous thromboembolism in 106 patients, who have undergone major orthopedic surgery: an observational study.

No routine coagulation laboratory test is recommended during rivaroxaban or dabigatran treatment. However measuring drug concentration and/or anticoagulant activity can be desirable in some special clinical settings, such as bleeding, thrombosis recurrence or emergency surgery. The effects of dabigatran etexilate and rivaroxaban on various coagulation assays have been previously studied in normal plasma spiked with increasing concentrations of the drug.

Assessment of ica operon carriage and biofilm production in Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates causing bacteraemia in bone marrow transplant recipients.

The clinical significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from blood culture is typically assessed on the basis of a combination of clinical and microbiological criteria. However, these criteria are difficult to apply to haematology patients who are highly immunosuppressed and from whom blood cultures are obtained most frequently through a central venous catheter. This study analysed 112 episodes of Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteraemia that occurred in 79 bone marrow transplant recipients.

Anthropometric parameters and type 2 diabetes: a case-control study in a Guadeloupean population.

Objective: The aim of this study was to quantify the association between three anthropometric parameters and type 2 diabetes in an adult population in Guadeloupe and to evaluate the effect of age on these associations.

Designs And Methods: We conducted a case-control study in a population recruited in an Health Center of Guadeloupe in Year 2000. A total of 309 subjects with documented type 2 diabetes were matched on sex and age (+/- 2 Years) with controls free of any glycemic abnormality.

Legionella pneumophila Arthritis: use of medium specific for Mycobacteria for isolation of L. pneumophila in culture of articular fluid specimens.

We report the first case, to our knowledge, of acute purulent arthritis due to Legionella pneumophila in an immunosuppressed patient. L. pneumophila was isolated from samples of blood and articular fluid cultured with use of medium specific for mycobacteria (Bactec 13A medium).