Prevalence and characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus causing community-acquired skin and soft tissue infections on Java and Bali, Indonesia.

Objectives: To define the role of Staphylococcus aureus in community settings among patients with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) in Indonesia.

Methods: Staphylococcus aureus were cultured from anterior nares, throat and wounds of 567 ambulatory patients presenting with SSTI. The mecA gene and genes encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL; lukF-PV and lukS-PV) and exfoliative toxin (ET; eta and etb) were determined by PCR.

Cochlear Implantation in Patients With Usher Syndrome Type IIa Increases Performance and Quality of Life.

Objectives: Usher syndrome type IIa (USH2a) is characterized by congenital moderate to severe hearing impairment and retinitis pigmentosa. Hearing rehabilitation starts in early childhood with the application of hearing aids. In some patients with USH2a, severe progression of hearing impairment leads to insufficient speech intelligibility with hearing aids and issues with adequate communication and safety.

Cochlear implantation and clinical features in patients with Noonan syndrome and Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines caused by a mutation in PTPN11.

Existing literature only reports a few patients with Noonan syndrome (NS) and Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines (NSML) who underwent cochlear implantation (CI). The present study describes four NS patients and one NSML patient with a PTPN11 mutation. They all had severe to profound hearing loss, and they received a CI.

Paediatric Cochlear Implantation in Patients with Waardenburg Syndrome.

Objective: To analyse the benefit of cochlear implantation in young deaf children with Waardenburg syndrome (WS) compared to a reference group of young deaf children without additional disabilities.

Method: A retrospective study was conducted on children with WS who underwent cochlear implantation at the age of 2 years or younger. The post-operative results for speech perception (phonetically balanced standard Dutch consonant-vocal-consonant word lists) and language comprehension (the Reynell Developmental Language Scales, RDLS), expressed as a language quotient (LQ), were compared between the WS group and the reference group by using multiple linear regression analysis.

Long-term outcome after statin treatment in routine clinical practice: results from a prospective PCI cohort study.

Aims: We aim to investigate the association between different types of statins, in particular simvastatin and atorvastatin, and long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Methods And Results: Between 2000 and 2005, a prospective cohort was constituted of 5,647 patients who underwent PCI. Type and doses of statin use were collected after the PCI procedure.

Health-related quality of life and long-term mortality in patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.

Background: Health status has become increasingly important as an outcome measure in patients with cardiovascular disease. Poor patient-rated health status has been shown to predict mortality in patients with coronary artery disease and heart failure. In patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), we examined whether poor health status predicts 6-year mortality and whether a decline in health status is associated with adverse clinical outcome.

Negative and positive affect are independently associated with patient-reported health status following percutaneous coronary intervention.

Purpose: We examined the association between negative and positive affect and 12-month health status in patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents.

Methods: Consecutive PCI patients (n = 562) completed the Global Mood Scale at baseline to assess affect and the EuroQoL-5D (EQ-5D) at baseline and 12-month follow-up to assess health status.

Results: Negative affect [F(1, 522) = 17.