Cranial ultrasound and neurophysiological testing to predict neurological outcome in infants born very preterm.

Aim: Infants born preterm are at risk of cerebral palsy (CP) and motor or cognitive developmental delay. For clinicians, it is essential to know the relative predictive accuracy of the most commonly used neuroimaging and neurophysiological tests for the early prediction of adverse neurodevelopmental outcome. The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of these tests in survivors of a population of infants born very preterm.

Emergence of livestock-associated MRSA isolated from cystic fibrosis patients: Result of a Belgian national survey.

Background: This study aims to determine the prevalence and characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus in Belgian cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.

Methods: Non-duplicate respiratory samples from 510 CF-patients (2012-2013) were examined. One isolate per patient was analysed unless different phenotypes were recovered.

Epidemic Achromobacter xylosoxidans strain among Belgian cystic fibrosis patients and review of literature.

Background: Achromobacter xylosoxidans is increasingly being recognized as an emerging pathogen in cystic fibrosis. Recent severe infections with A. xylosoxidans in some of our cystic fibrosis (CF) patients led to a re-evaluation of the epidemiology of CF-associated A.

Endothelial progenitor cells and endothelial microparticles are independent predictors of endothelial function.

Objective: To examine the degree of microvascular endothelial dysfunction in relation to classical cardiovascular risk factors, arterial stiffness, and numbers of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and endothelial microparticles (EMPs), in obese and normal-weight children.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study with 57 obese (15.2±1.