Biomedical subjects

K Jakobsson

Publications and source records attributed to K Jakobsson.

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PubMed1981

Comparison of direct and standardized antibiotic susceptibility testing in bacteriuria.

In clinical isolates of bacteria from urine, the antibiotic susceptibility was tested with a direct disc diffusion method in which the inoculum was not primarily standardized. The results were compared with those from parallel tests using standardized inoculum. Of a total 2,272 urine specimens, 700 were accepted for direct susceptibility testing, 189 were not accepted because of mixed culture or indistinct inhibition zones. The overall concordance between the direct and the standardized tests was 95.8% (2,800 observations with 118 discordant results). The direct diffusion method used in this way is time saving and economical and can reliably be used in a clinical microbiological laboratory serving mainly outpatients.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗

PubMed1977

A study of factors promoting and inhibiting lactation.

The present series of studies, made between 1972 and 1975, has shown that existing routines in the maternity ward, such as weighing the baby before and after breast feeding, can inhibit the establishment of lactation and increase the number of early failures. Giving information to the father in the maternity ward may be an important factor in promoting breast-feeding, as judged from the findings on duration of breast feeding and from the mothers' comments. The greatest effect observed was that of skin-to-skin and suckling contact during the first hour after delivery, which increased the median duration of breast feeding by 2 1/2 months. These findings illustrate that existing routines during the neonatal period should be re-examined as to their influence in promoting or inhibiting breast feeding.

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