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ALFA
About: ALFA is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Plate heat exchanger & Heat exchanger. The organization has 2680 authors who have published 3080 publications receiving 74149 citations.
Topics: Plate heat exchanger, Heat exchanger, Internal combustion engine, Population, Rotor (electric)
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control1, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention2, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center3, Tufts University4, ALFA5, Karolinska University Hospital6, University of Geneva7, University of California, Los Angeles8, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital9, Brown University10, Brigham and Women's Hospital11
TL;DR: A group of international experts came together through a joint initiative by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to create a standardized international terminology with which to describe acquired resistance profiles in Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus spp.
8,695 citations
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ALFA1
TL;DR: The content coverage and practical utility of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar are compared and PubMed remains an optimal tool in biomedical electronic research.
Abstract: The evolution of the electronic age has led to the development of numerous medical databases on the World Wide Web, offering search facilities on a particular subject and the ability to perform citation analysis. We compared the content coverage and practical utility of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. The official Web pages of the databases were used to extract information on the range of journals covered, search facilities and restrictions, and update frequency. We used the example of a keyword search to evaluate the usefulness of these databases in biomedical information retrieval and a specific published article to evaluate their utility in performing citation analysis. All databases were practical in use and offered numerous search facilities. PubMed and Google Scholar are accessed for free. The keyword search with PubMed offers optimal update frequency and includes online early articles; other databases can rate articles by number of citations, as an index of importance. For citation analysis, Scopus offers about 20% more coverage than Web of Science, whereas Google Scholar offers results of inconsistent accuracy. PubMed remains an optimal tool in biomedical electronic research. Scopus covers a wider journal range, of help both in keyword searching and citation analysis, but it is currently limited to recent articles (published after 1995) compared with Web of Science. Google Scholar, as for the Web in general, can help in the retrieval of even the most obscure information but its use is marred by inadequate, less often updated, citation information.
2,696 citations
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ALFA1
TL;DR: Recent studies of patients who received intravenous polymyxins for the treatment of serious P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii infections of various types, including pneumonia, bacteremia, and urinary tract infections, have led to the conclusion that these antibiotics have acceptable effectiveness and considerably less toxicity than was reported in old studies.
Abstract: The emergence of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria and the lack of new antibiotics to combat them have led to the revival of polymyxins, an old class of cationic, cyclic polypeptide antibiotics. Polymyxin B and polymyxin E (colistin) are the 2 polymyxins used in clinical practice. Most of the reintroduction of polymyxins during the last few years is related to colistin. The polymyxins are active against selected gram-negative bacteria, including Acinetobacter species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella species, and Enterobacter species. These drugs have been used extensively worldwide for decades for local use. However, parenteral use of these drugs was abandoned approximately 20 years ago in most countries, except for treatment of patients with cystic fibrosis, because of reports of common and serious nephrotoxicity and neurotoxicity. Recent studies of patients who received intravenous polymyxins for the treatment of serious P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii infections of various types, including pneumonia, bacteremia, and urinary tract infections, have led to the conclusion that these antibiotics have acceptable effectiveness and considerably less toxicity than was reported in old studies.
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TL;DR: The authors sought to evaluate the current global status of T. gondii seroprevalence and its correlations with risk factors, environmental and socioeconomic parameters, and recognise specific risk factors related to seropositivity; however, such risk factors are not reported systematically.
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TL;DR: It is suggested that obese people are more likely than people of normal weight to develop infections of various types including postoperative infections and other nosocomial infections, as well to develop serious complications of common infections.
Abstract: Obesity increases morbidity and mortality through its multiple effects on nearly every human system. However, the various aspects of the association between obesity and infection have not been reviewed. Thus, we reviewed the relevant literature focusing on clinical aspects of this association. Obesity has a clear but not yet precisely defined effect on the immune response through a variety of immune mediators, which leads to susceptibility to infections. Data on the incidence and outcome of specific infections, especially community-acquired infections, in obese people are so far limited. The available data suggest that obese people are more likely than people of normal weight to develop infections of various types including postoperative infections and other nosocomial infections, as well to develop serious complications of common infections. Large prospective studies are required to further define the burden of infectious morbidity and mortality conferred by obesity.
736 citations
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Bernd Bukau | 111 | 271 | 38446 |
Matthew E. Falagas | 109 | 688 | 49703 |
Antonio Ceriello | 101 | 586 | 38396 |
Lars Samuelson | 96 | 850 | 36931 |
George Dimopoulos | 88 | 394 | 27406 |
Hervé Dombret | 88 | 476 | 33223 |
Claude Preudhomme | 81 | 478 | 23213 |
Patrizia Brigidi | 69 | 243 | 17599 |
Douglas M. Noonan | 67 | 239 | 12984 |
Christer Johansson | 64 | 378 | 15936 |
Dario Braga | 59 | 582 | 18123 |
Giovanni Gambaro | 58 | 380 | 14202 |
Ignacio Blanco | 57 | 273 | 13512 |
Anker Degn Jensen | 55 | 321 | 12637 |
Antonio Raviele | 51 | 144 | 18533 |