EPIDEMIOLOGY, SPECIES DISTRIBUTION, ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY AND OUTCOME OF CANDIDEMIA AMONG INTERNAL MEDICINE WARDS OF COMMUNITY HOSPITALS OF UDINE PROVINCE, ITALY

Epidemiology, species distribution, antifungal susceptibility and outcome of candidemia among Internal Medicine Wards of community hospitals of Udine province, Italy

Candidemia is an emerging problem among patients hospitalized in Internal Medicine Wards (IMW).We performed a retrospective study to assess the epidemiology, species distribution, antifungal susceptibility and outcome of candidaemia recorded over a 3-year period (2010-2012) among IMW of community hospitals of Udine province in Italy: forty-eight pa

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Spontaneous transverse colon volvulus in a patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: An unreported complication

A 22-year-old male patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and chronic constipation presents to the emergency room with severe abdominal pain and hive closed to feces and gas.Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen demonstrates mechanical ileus due to volvulus of the transverse colon: torsion of the transverse Street Sharks meso

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Tracking progress in suicide prevention in Indigenous communities: a challenge for public health surveillance in Canada

Abstract Indigenous peoples in Canada experience disproportionate rates of suicide compared to non-Indigenous populations.Indigenous communities and organizations have designed local and regional approaches to prevention, and the federal government has developed a national suicide prevention framework.However, public health systems continue to face

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