Objectives: To determine the in vitro susceptibility of members of the Mycobacterium abscessus complex to routinely tested antibiotics and to an extended antibiotic panel.
Methods: Non-duplicate isolates for which susceptibility testing results were available were included in this study. Retrospective laboratory records were reviewed, including tigecycline susceptibility results, and testing was performed with additional drugs, including vancomycin, dalbavancin, telavancin, oritavancin, rifabutin, delafloxacin, eravacycline, clofazimine and bedaquiline using broth microdilution (Sensititre, Thermo Fisher).
Objective: To investigate food sources and intakes of iron, and dietary factors associated with serum ferritin levels in 6-24-month-old children.
Design: A cross-sectional survey employing proportionate cluster sampling was conducted in 1998/1999. Dietary intakes were assessed using a non-consecutive 3-day weighed food record.