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This study comes from the legacy Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) of almost 7000 men who have sex with men, both HIV-infected and non-HIV, for 3 decades.
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In a neonatal intensive care unit in Arizona, five infants and ten health care providers were found to have pertussis during a two month period.
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As this issue went to press a second case of MERS was identified in Florida even as the Indiana case was being discharged in good condition. Here is what was known at press time.
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In a sample of New York City immigrants with dilated cardiomyopathy the point prevalence of infection with Trypanosoma cruzi was found to be 13%.
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A Cochrane review questions the value of osletamivir and zanamivir in the treatment of influenza virus infections – but the CDC and IDSA disagree.
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The first U.S. case of MERS-CoV infection diagnosed in the U.S. has been identified in an individual traveling from Saudi Arabia.
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In patients with severe degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR), surgery is clearly recommended in the presence of any symptoms.
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The mortality benefit to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is unquestioned when it comes to ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
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In patients with stable coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation (AF) on oral anticoagulants, adding antiplatelet agents is common and recommended in guidelines, especially during the first year after an acute coronary event or revascularization.