Implantable direct current spinal fusion stimulators do not decrease implant-related infections in a rabbit model.

Electrical current detaches bacterial biofilm from implanted instrumentation. Hypothetically, this can decrease implant-related infection and allow retention of instrumentation in cases of postoperative wound infections. We conducted a prospective animal study to investigate whether a 60-μAmp implantable direct current (DC) fusion stimulator decreases implant-related infection rates in a multilevel fixed-implant postoperative spinal wound infection model in rabbits.

[Extensive purpura and septic schock in two patients with Capnocytophaga canimorsus].

Introduction: Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a Gram negative bacillus present in oral flora and in saliva of dogs and cats. It can be responsible for septicaemia and meningitides in some patients after dog or cat bite two patient with a septic shock due to C. canimorsus, who presented with an extensive pupura are reported.

Comparison of the prevalence of alcohol, cannabis and other drugs between 900 injured drivers and 900 control subjects: results of a French collaborative study.

A collaborative case-control study was conducted in France in order to determine the prevalence of alcohol, cannabinoids, opiates, cocaine metabolites, amphetamines and therapeutic psychoactive drugs in blood samples from drivers injured in road accidents and to compare these values with those of a control population. Recruitment was performed in emergency departments of six university or general hospitals and comprised 900 drivers involved in a non-fatal accident and 900 patients (controls) who attended the same emergency units for a non-traumatic reason. Drivers and controls were matched by sex and age.