General Infectious Disease News Articles

Infectious Dis.
sponsor
Become a Member Today!
Register
Email:


Password:

Remember me
Forgot your Password?
Invite Code?
Article ID

Most Viewed Abstracts



1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians
2. Use of Antiemetic Agents in Acute Gastroenteritis
3. 2008 Exclusive Survey—Earnings: Good news for primary care income
4. Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors
5. Debunking Myths in the US Healthcare System

Top Ten Searches

prosthetic knee
shingles
pid
meningitis
trichomonas
gbs
mrsa
hepatitis c
hiv
hsv

Your Article Summary

See Latest Articles
(Click the title below to leave the MDLinx Network and go to the Journal's Website)

Tourniquets and exsanguinators: a potential source of infection in the orthopedic operating theater
Acta Orthopaedica, 05/05/09

Brennan SA et al. - Infectious organisms reside on the tourniquets and exsanguinators presently used in the orthopedic theater. These fomites may possibly be a source of surgical site infection. The authors have demonstrated a simple and effective means of decontaminating these devices between cases.

Related Articles

The treatment of diabetic foot infections: focus on ertapenem
Vascular Health and Risk Management, 11/09/09    Relevance Score: 96%

Does Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection Trigger to Development of Asthma in Wheezy Infants
Journal of Asthma, 11/13/09    Relevance Score: 95%

Urinary tract infection: diagnosis, treatment and prevention
British Journal of Nursing, 10/27/09    Relevance Score: 94%

Italian Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Infectious Disease Management of Osteomyelitis and Prosthetic Joint Infections in Adults
Infection, 11/19/09    Relevance Score: 92%

Pandemic preparedness - Risk management and infection control for all respiratory infection outbreaks
Australian Family Physician, 11/09/09    Relevance Score: 92%

Today in Bone/Joint...keeping you current

Septic arthritis caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a prosthetic knee joint
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 12/02/09

Spinal tuberculosis in post-liver transplantation patients: case reports
Transplant Infectious Disease, 11/30/09

Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Acute Musculoskeletal Infection in Children: A Game Changer
Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics , 11/25/09

 See all of Bone/Joint

Article Search

Keyword:

Search:

Published within

Sort By:
Date
Relevance


Sponsor

Send this Summary to a Colleague

Enter email address