Objectives.

Sepsis is a syndrome that results from a dysregulated host response to infection which can rapidly lead to organ dysfunction and death.
The aim of this study was the microbiological and clinical assessment of a new real-time PCR test (SeptiFast: SF, Roche Diagnostics) for the diagnosis of blood stream infections (BSI) in a population of neutropenic patients.
The results of SF were compared with blood cultures (BC) obtained on the same specimens and the clinical significance of the two methods was assessed.

Methods.

DROITWICH, England, March 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Jaeger modernises Terminal Server infrastructure - improves performance at a lower cost while empowering users with secure application access from its Wyse thin clients

Ericom has confirmed that leading British fashion house Jaeger has replaced its aging Citrix infrastructure with Ericom's PowerTerm WebConnect gaining the double benefit of improved performance at a lower cost.

For the same investment as updating their existing Citrix licenses, Jaeger was able to completely refresh its Terminal Server infrastructure with 64-bit servers and purchase all required PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView licenses with support.

HANNOVER, Germany and GENEVA, March 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Continental also unveils Microsoft-based infotainment prototype at CeBIT expo.

ELMSHORN, Germany, March 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- For the Second Year in a row, the Market Leader in the Mini-PC Segment is Dispensing With a Trade Fair Stand

Shuttle Inc., the market leader in the mini-PC segment and the manufacturer of Multi-Form-Factor solutions, presents many innovative products to a wide public for the first time in the context of CeBIT. Even without a real Shuttle trade fair stand, representatives of the press and interested parties have the possibility at a special Internet site to have a first look at the coming innovations for 2008.

CHICAGO, March 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading U.S. adventure travel website announces first step of global expansion plans

Chicago-based iExplore formally announced its global expansion plans, with today's launch of http://www.iExplore.co.uk, targeting adventure travelers in the U.K. It is the company's first formal effort outside of the U.S. since the company launched in 1999. iExplore is hoping to become the #1 ranked website for adventure and experiential travel in the U.K. within the next couple years, replicating the position it has held in the U.S. since 2000.

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BOURNEMOUTH, England and TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- CCww and Arisetek announce today that they have signed an agreement whereby CCww supplies its proven­ GSM/GPRS stack solution for Arisetek to create a family of compelling handset designs based on NXP's AeroFONE(TM) single-chip phone. Arisetek's handsets use the headroom in the AeroFONE(TM)'s ARM-9 instead of a separate application processor to run a full graphical MMI, music player, and camera, combining low profile, low power consumption and minimal BoM with high-level handset value and performance.

The first handset designs will be available for immediate manufacture from Q2/08 onwards, and have the following outline features and options:

GLASGOW, Scotland, March 5 /PRNewswire/ --

WaveSense Europe announces the launch of the WaveSense Jazz(TM) Blood Glucose Monitoring System (BGMS) at the 2008 Diabetes UK meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. The WaveSense Jazz(TM) blood glucose meter (BGM) has market-leading features designed to help people with diabetes gain tighter control over their blood glucose levels.

In addition to requiring no code and having some of the world's largest backlit digits on a BGM, the Jazz is one of the first meters to provide a glycemic variability value. Glycemic variability is a tool used to show how glucose changes over time and may allow the patient or their health care professional to better analyze high and low readings and take preventative action.

LONDON, March 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- With Photo

Big Brother 8 star Liam McGough is in training ahead of this year's London Marathon, which he is running in aid of the MS Society.

Liam's mum suffers from multiple sclerosis (MS) - the UK's most common disabling neurological disorder - and the BB star said he wanted to "give something back".

He said: "I want to raise awareness of the condition as well as hopefully some money for the MS Society to feel like I am giving something back. I know from what my Mam has been through how hard the condition can be to live with."

ZUG, Switzerland, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Swiss Hawk AG's portfolio company Vitaboost International BV announced that it will start selling the Vitaboost Activator Multipack in supermarkets and drugstores starting from the 4th of March. Vitaboost started selling its Single Pack during December 2007. Today, Vitaboost Activator is available at Fitness First, Shell, D.A. Drugstores, Total, Texaco, Esso and BP. Vitaboost is growing rapidly and is expanding distribution on a daily basis. The main distribution channels for the Vitaboost products are: drugstores, supermarkets, fitness centres, pharmacies and petrol stations.

LONDON, March 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading Glaucoma Experts Act to Help Prevent Vision Loss as 50 Percent of Patients Remain Undiagnosed

LONDON, March 5 /PRNewswire/ --

On the first World Glaucoma Day (March 6, 2008), leading glaucoma experts globally are asking those who may be at risk of the condition not to leave their vision to chance - with a clear message that 50 percent of people with open-angle glaucoma and more than 50 percent of people with angle-closure glaucoma are unaware they have it.(1),(2) In addition, 50 percent remain untreated until a large amount of irreversible vision loss has already occurred.(1)