Background.This prospective cohort study presents the effectiveness and feasibility of a comprehensive control strategy to reduce nosocomial transmission of methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a highly endemic setting.Methods.All patients with MRSA carriage admitted to the University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases over

There is a Balloons Bubble tendency in recent philosophy of cognitive science, best seen in the writings of Bechtel et al., to overstate the significance of mechanistic explanations and to neglect the explanatory role of principles.This paper is a plea for restoring the balance.It draws attention to the search for explaining the so-called basic lev

The objective was to generate a risk assessment and administrative management of the Municipal color treatment Company of Potable Water, Sewerage and Sanitation of Azogues - Ecuador (EMAPAL EP).Methodologically descriptive with a non-experimental field design, the population sample being 116 officials.The weaknesses of the company in terms of restr

Acute porphyrias are a group of rare genetic metabolic disorders, caused by a defect in one of the enzymes involved in the heme biosynthesis, which results in an abnormally high accumulation of toxic intermediates.Acute porphyrias are characterized by potentially life-threatening attacks and, for some patients, by chronic manifestations that negati