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  Detection of Resistance mecA Gene In Gram Positive Bacteria Described as Nosocomial Abstract Shortly after the introduction of an antimicrobial to the market it has been possible to find bacteria that are resistant to its action. This resistance is natural in some bacteria, while in others it is a condition acquired through the incorporation of genes that code various mechanisms of resistance. These resistant strains represent a big problem in human hospitals when causing nosocomial infections, since the therapeutic options are limited. In veterinary medicine, although nosocomial infections are increasing, they are still less studied than those acquired by people. However, these infections -both in human and veterinary patients- have in common to be caused, mainly, by methicillin-resistant staphylococci. Due to this fact, in addition to the fact that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is transmitted between different animal species, including humans, the purpose of this ...

  Protracted Symptoms after Heat Stroke. Is Vasopressin the Culprit? Abstract Nausea is a common finding in patients diagnosed with heat related disorders but there are no reported cases of severe persistent nausea after initial symptoms of heat stroke have resolved. I present a case of a Cross Country athlete that developed protracted nausea, headache and hypertension after experiencing exertional heat stroke. Case Presentation The patient is an adolescent male cross-country runner that collapsed at the 5-mile mark during a practice run. At the time he was averaging 7:30 minutes per mile, which was a normal pace for him, although he did report that he felt unusually fatigued at that point. He was acclimatized to running in very hot ambient temperatures as he trained daily at his home in South Central California. Thirty days prior to the event he underwent a surgical procedure to extract his molars and then subsequently a week later developed mononucleosis. Both of these factors li...

  Heavy Metals in Cosmetics: The Notorious Daredevils and Burning Health Issues Abstract Personal care products and facial cosmetics are commonly used by millions of consumers on a daily basis. Direct application of cosmetics on human skin makes it vulnerable to a wide variety of ingredients. Despite the protecting role of skin against exogenous contaminants, some of the ingredients in cosmetic products are able to penetrate the skin and to produce systemic exposure. Consumers’ knowledge of the potential risks of the frequent application of cosmetic products should be improved. While regulations exist in most of the high-income countries, in low income countries there is a lack of similar standards. In most countries for which these legal regulations have been identified, restrictions on the permissible level of heavy metals are strict. There is a need for enforcement of existing rules, and rigorous assessment of the effectiveness of these regulations. The occurrence of metals in c...

  The problem of transition from curative to preventive medicine in the 21 st  century (A brief overview of the state of medicine at the present stage) Opinion Even Confucius rightly believed that the causes are more important than the results, and this is directly related to human diseases. More than 150 years ago, the great Russian surgeon N.I.Pirogov predicted that the future belongs to preventive medicine. Interestingly, in what time we live in relation to N.Pirogov, if in 2016 at the AllRussian Youth Educational Forum it was proclaimed that prevention is the main principle of future medicine (again someday). But in 1937 the famous American expert and medical historian Henry Sigerist wrote that the era of a thousandyear predominance of medicinal medicine ends and the era of preventive medicine begins, the foundations of which appeared in the USSR. Even the famous scientist Claude Bernard believed that every doctor should know three things: the health conditions to support ...