This continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this book include taxonomy for mechanical ventilation; a current update on avian pathogenic Escherichia coli; tularemia; the important of early diagnosis of figurate erythemas and paraneoplastic syndromes; non-invasive mechanical ventilation; the diversity, antimicrobial resistance and the role in human disease of coagulase-negative staphylococci; and vaccine development against poultry viral diseases.