Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1 Infected Adults and Adolescents – Dec.1, 2007

Developed by the DHHS Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents – A Working Group of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC) 

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Community-acquired Acinetobacter infections

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Dec 2007  Vol.26  N.12 p.857-868

M. E. Falagas1, 2 , E. A. Karveli1, I. Kelesidis1 and T. Kelesidis1

(1)  Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), 9 Neapoleos Street, 151 23 Marousi, Athens, Greece
(2)  Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02 011, USA

abstract
http://www.springerlink.com/content/j430h604j1t8466h/

Evidence on measures for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia

European Respiratory Journal  1 Dec 2007  Vol.30  N.6  p.1193-1207

L. Lorente1, S. Blot2 and J. Rello3,4

1 Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, 3 Intensive Care Dept, Joan XXIII University Hospital, and 4 University Rovira i Virgili Medical School, Pere Virgili Health Institut, Tarragona, Spain, 2 Critical Care Dept, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

CORRESPONDENCE: L. Lorente, Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, C/ Ofra s/n, La Laguna, Tenerife, 38320, Spain. Fax: 34 22662245. E-mail: lorentemartin@msn.com

abstract
http://erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/30/6/1193

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia—The Wrong Quality Measure for Benchmarking

Annals of Internal Medicine 4 Dec 2007  Vol.147  N.11  p.803-805

Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, and Richard Platt, MD, MSc

From Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

abstract
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/147/11/803