Cutaneous mucormycosis in children.

Cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection in children. It is commonly found in immunocompromised children. Early diagnosis is difficult and requires a very high degree of suspicion.

Effect of ensure on the oral bioavailability of gatifloxacin in healthy volunteers.

Study Objective: To determine the effect of Ensure on the relative oral bioavailability of gatifloxacin in healthy volunteers.

Design: Single-dose, randomized, crossover study.

Setting: University-affiliated research center.

Pharmacokinetics of intravenously administered levofloxacin in men and women.

Study Objective: To characterize and compare the pharmacokinetics of levofloxacin in men and women after systemic administration.

Design: Prospective, open-label, parallel group pharmacokinetic study.

Setting: University research center.

Distally-based random fasciocutaneous flaps for multi-staged reconstruction of defects in the lower third of the leg, ankle and heel.

Distally-based random pattern fasciocutaneous flaps were used to reconstruct defects of the lower third of the leg, the ankle and the heel in eight patients. Though a multi-staged procedure, this simplified fasciocutaneous flap design ensured safe transfer of tissue to defects in which it would otherwise have been very difficult to have obtained cover. This paper discusses the anatomical basis of the distally-based random pattern fasciocutaneous flaps and reviews the design, surgical technique, advantages, limitations and complications of these flaps.