Community-acquired spp Meningitis/Invasive Infection in Filipino-descent Patients Living in Greece: A Case Series.

Unlabelled: spp community-acquired meningitis caused by hypervirulent strains is well described as part of a distinct syndrome consisting of liver abscess and multiple septic metastatic lesions ( invasive syndrome) occurring usually in diabetic, alcoholic, elderly or cancer patients, in Taiwan and other South-East Asian countries. In Western countries, these infections are very rare in natives and usually occur in patients of Asian origin. We report three cases of Filipino-origin patients, residents of Greece, with community-acquired invasive Klebsiella meningitis, who were treated in our ICU over a 10-year period.

Non-interventional monitoring of expiratory flow limitation during experimental mechanical ventilation.

Background: Expiratory flow limitation (EFL) is common among patients in the intensive care unit under mechanical ventilation (MV) and may have significant clinical consequences. In the present study, we examine the possibility of non-interventional detection of EFL during experimental MV.

Methods: Eight artificially ventilated New Zealand rabbits were included in the experiments.