Interventions to treat methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: many methodological concerns.

The aim of this letter was to point out some methodological concerns about an article written by Shi et al. and published in the journal. There is an increasing trend in the isolation of Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and a variety of questions regarding the best therapy to treat this condition.

[Urban outbreak of leishmaniasis in Colombia].

Objectives: To describe the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and treatment of children with visceral Leishmaniasis in Neiva- Huila, from April to June 2012.

Methodology: We performed a descriptive study of an outbreak of visceral leshmaniasis in children from the urban area of Neiva.

Results: There were seven cases in children younger than five years.