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During april-june of 2010, 2 new cases of dracunculiasis were confirmed by extracted worm identification of Dracunculus medinensis and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in Chad, Africa. Chad's National Guinea Worm Eradication Program (NGWEP) initiated an outbreak investigation and with the help of the World Health Organization (WHO) uncovered 8 additional cases, all confirmed by worm collection.
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Authors from the Helsinki University Central Hospital, a tertiary hospital in Finland, retrospectively reviewed patient records from 2005 to 2009 to define the causes of fever in returned travelers and to evaluate the diagnostic approach.
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A retrospective review of pediatric malaria at a Washington, DC, children's hospital identified 98 cases over 8 years from 1999 to 2006. Their mean age was 9.6 years. Approximately half of the children were long-term U.S. residents who had visited friends or relatives in their country of origin, and most of the others were recent immigrants.
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Malaria continues to be a global scourge, causing more than 200 million annual symptomatic cases and nearly a million annual deaths worldwide.
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In this issue: Apixaban could soon join the anticoagulation market; Chinese herbs for flu; chronic medication and discontinuation after hospitalization; and FDA actions.
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Palliative care was only recognized as a specialty five years ago by the American College of Graduate Medical Education.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in July released a final rule related to credentialing and privileges for providers delivering care through telemedicine.
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The prognostic relevance of fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) internal tandem duplications and point mutations at D835 in acute promeylocytic leukemia (APL) is controversial.
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