Influence of capping chemotherapy prescriptions on efficacy and tolerability in medium and high-risk early-stage breast cancer.

Capping body surface area (BSA) at 2.0 m is a common clinical practice. This empirical practice is intended to mitigate toxicities.

Sources and reservoirs of NRCS-A inside a NICU.

Background: The methicillin-resistant clone NRCS-A, involved in sepsis in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) worldwide, is able to persist and spread in NICUs, suggesting the presence of reservoirs inside each setting. The purpose of the present study was to identify these reservoirs and to investigate the cycle of transmission of NRCS-A in one NICU.

Methods: In a single institution study, NRCS-A was sought in 106 consecutive vaginal samples of pregnant women to identify a potential source of NRCS-A importation into the NICU.