Whole blood, as one of the most significant biological fluids, provides critical information for
health management and disease monitoring. Over the past 10 years, advances in …

The interactions between obesity and infectious diseases have recently received increasing
recognition as emerging data have indicated an association between obesity and poor …

The electrochemical aptamer-based (E-AB) sensing platform appears to be a convenient
(rapid, single-step, and calibration-free) and modular approach to measure concentrations …

Infecting microorganism is a strong predictor of treatment success for periprosthetic joint
infection (PJI). The purpose of this study was to compare the infecting pathogens causing …

There is evidence that certain infections may induce obesity. Obese persons may also have
more severe infections and have compromised response to therapies. The objective of this …

The increasing number of infections produced by beta-lactam–resistant Gram-positive
bacteria and the morbidity secondary to these infections make it necessary to optimize the …

Obesity causes a number of changes, including an increase in volume of distribution and
changes in hepatic metabolism and renal excretion. Several antibiotics have sufficient data …

Advances in molecular biology have given rise to the disciplines of pharmacogenomics and
pharmacoproteomics and have created the appealing possibility of individual patient …

Vancomycin-associated nephrotoxicity was reported in 0% to 5% of patients in the 1980s.
This has been confirmed by numerous clinical trials comparing novel anti–methicillin …

Fracture related infections (FRI) are debilitating and costly complications of musculoskeletal
trauma surgery that can result in permanent functional loss or amputation. Surgical treatment …