Do the radiological changes seen at mid term follow up of stemless shoulder prosthesis affect outcome?

Background: The Eclipse® (Eclipse® is a trademark of Arthrex, Naples, Florida) stemless shoulder prosthesis offers the surgeon the advantage of bone stock preservation and at the same time avoids the drawbacks of a resurfacing arthroplasty. Previous studies have shown radiographic changes on serial follow up of the Eclipse prosthesis. This study attempts to assess the significance of these radiographic changes and effect of cuff related pathology on the mid-term outcome of the Eclipse prosthesis.

The Effect of Cell Dose on the Early Magnetic Resonance Morphological Outcomes of Autologous Cell Implantation for Articular Cartilage Defects in the Knee: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Background: Although autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) has been established as a standard treatment for large full-thickness cartilage defects, the effect of different doses of autologous chondrocyte products on structural outcomes has never been examined.

Hypothesis: In ACI, the dose level may have an influence on medium-term magnetic resonance morphological findings after treatment.

Study Design: Randomized controlled trial; Level of evidence, 1.

[Methods of phenotypic determination of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1) in Klebsiella penumoniae isolated in Slovakia].

Objectives: Reported is the first isolation and phenotypic determination of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1) isolated from patients in the Slovak Republic.

Material And Methods: Between 27 October 2012 and 22 January 2013, twenty-five isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae collected from 5 patients were identified with MIC of meropenem ≥ 32 mg/L and MIC of ertapenem ≥ 4 mg/L in screening tests. Next, all isolates were assessed with the modified Hodge test, combined disk test with EDTA, double disk synergy test with EDTA and MBL E-test.

Multiresistant nosocomial bacterial strains and their "in vitro" susceptibility to chloramphenicol and colistin.

Objective: A multicenter study was conducted to obtain "in vitro" chloramphenicol and colistin susceptibility data on multiresistant hospital bacterial pathogens in Slovak Republic.

Material And Methods: During the period of April-June 2001, 628 clinical bacterial multiresistant isolates from patients with serious infections were selected in 10 hospitals and tested to a large scale of antibiotics by means of a microdilution method. The strains expressed either a significant resistance phenotype (ESBL, MRSA, CoNMRS, MLSB/c, efflux in Ps.

Evaluation of MIDITECH automated colorimetric MIC reading for antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

The MIDITECH colorimetric susceptibility test with automated reading is a modification of the standard broth microdilution method that uses a 3-(4,5-dimetylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) dye for detecting viable bacteria. The method can be applied to non-fastidious aerobic Gram-negative bacteria, staphylococci and Enterococcus faecalis. To assess the reliability of this method, we compared susceptibility data obtained by this test with standard NCCLS microdilution assay results.