A Medical Financial Partnership in a Pediatric Medical Home.

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is an underutilized free taxpreparation service that directly addresses poverty by maximizing tax refunds. A pediatric medical home (PMH) with an embedded VITA site provides an excellent opportunity for a medical-financial partnership. We sought to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of caregivers of children who used a PMH after embedding a VITA site.

Genomic and Epidemiological Evidence of a Dominant Panton-Valentine Leucocidin-Positive Methicillin Resistant Lineage in Sri Lanka and Presence Among Isolates From the United Kingdom and Australia.

To undertake the first detailed genomic analysis of methicillin-resistant (MRSA) isolated in Sri Lanka. A prospective observational study was performed on 94 MRSA isolates collected over a 4 months period from the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka. Screening for A, C, and the Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL)-associated genes and molecular characterization by typing was undertaken.