Comparison of survival times of advanced cancer patients with palliative care at home and in hospital.

Objectives: One primary concern about receiving care at home is that survival might be shortened because the quality and quantity of treatment provided at home will be inferior to that given in the hospital. Although our previous study demonstrated a longer survival of those with home-based palliative care (PC), it lacked adjustment for some potential confounders including symptoms and treatments during the stay. We aimed to compare the survival times among advanced cancer patients receiving home-based and hospital-based PC with adjusting for symptoms and treatments.

Complete genome sequence of the incompatibility group I1 plasmid R64.

A streptomycin and tetracycline resistance plasmid R64 isolated from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium belongs to the incompatibility group I1 (IncI1). The DNA sequence of the R64 conjugative transfer region was described previously (Komano et al., 2000).

[A case of pulmonary aspergillosis subacutely forming a cavity during the course of microscopic polyangiitis].

A 77-year-old woman was referred to our department with hemoptysis. Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) with resultant alveolar hemorrhage was diagnosed because of diffuse infiltrate of the right lung, proteinurea, renal dysfunction and the presence of MPO-ANCA. The disease responded well to corticosteroid therapy.