Injection site pain was measured using a visual analogue scale at injection (time 0) and 15, 30, 45, and 60 minutes after injection. Patients were asked to return for an evaluation after 2 weeks and to complete a self-assessment questionnaire during the follow-up visit.

RESULTS

There was more than 50% less pain associated with the dermal gel with lidocaine than

with the same filler without XMU-MP-1 molecular weight lidocaine at all time points (p <.05). The greatest difference in pain was recorded at the time of injection, and then the effect gradually declined over the 60-minute period. Both fillers were well tolerated, and there was no difference in outcome after 2 weeks.

CONCLUSION

Addition of lidocaine to a filler resulted in significantly

less pain associated with the procedure without compromising outcomes.

Gary Monheit, MD, is a Consultant and Clinical Investigator to Genzyme. Nathan Bachtell, MD, Denise Eng, BS, and Lena Holmdahl, MD, PhD, are employees of Genzyme Corporation.”
“Contrary to traditional belief, breast milk is not a sterile fluid, even in healthy women. Breast milk may contain pathogenic bacteria that could cause serious infections especially in premature infants. There is no recommendation to evaluate breast milk routinely for pathogenic bacteria. However discontinuation of breastfeeding is not recommended even the mother had mastitis, because it is believed this will not pose a risk to infant. This NSC 19893 is the

report of a premature infant born at the 32nd Selleck Nirogacestat gestational week who was readmitted to neonatal intensive care unit with late-onset Staphylococcus aureus sepsis. While searching for the transmission route of the infection, the breast milk was assessed. Although the mother did not have any symptoms of breast inflammation, S. aureus isolates, genetically 99% similar to those from the infant blood samples, were documented in the breast milk.

Conclusion: Breast milk may contain pathogenic bacteria, even when expressed, stored and transported properly. When evaluating the source of a S. aureus infection in preterm infants, breast milk might be the source of the infection, even if the mother has no sign of mastitis.”
“In the last years, the decontamination and disinfection of waters by means of direct or integrated electrochemical processes are being considered as a very appealing alternative due to the significant improvement of the electrode materials and the coupling with low-cost renewable energy sources. Many electrochemical technologies are currently available for the remediation of waters contaminated by refractory organic pollutants such as pharmaceutical micropollutants, whose presence in the environment has become a matter of major concern.