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Leptospirosis in Florida: Recreational Exposures Herald New Serovars and Highlight Environmental Impact
Leptospirosis is a zoonosis caused by multiple serovars of bacteria in the genus Leptospira that are widely distributed in the tropics, as well as some subtropical and temperate areas. -
And the Bands Played On
Knowledge of the presence of an increased proportion of band neutrophils (neutrophils with non-segmented nuclei) is believed by many clinicians to assist them in the diagnosis and management of some patients with suspected or known infection. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP
Admissions to a public tb hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa for treatment of MDR- and XDR-TB from 2003 to 2008 were examined for healthcare workers (HCWs) compared with non-HCWs. -
Abstract & Commentary: Health Care Workers in the Developing World: Disease Transmission Risk and Mitigation
Only limited data are available regarding the epidemiology of infectious diseases that occur among traveling health-care workers (HCWs) or medical researchers. -
Abstract & Commentary: Management of Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterial Cervical Lymphadenitis in Children
A randomized study was conducted from january 2005 to December 2007 in Amsterdam, among 50 immunocompetent children 14-114 months of age (median age, 35 months) with culture- or PCR-confirmed non-tuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis. -
Abstract & Commentary: Maternal TB and Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV
In this study, 783 HIV-infected Indian mother-infant pairs participated in a randomized clinical trial comparing NVP given for 6 weeks vs. single-dose NVP to prevent MTCT of HIV among breast-fed infants. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care April 2011 Issue in PDF
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care
Do Topical Steroids Lead to Glaucoma or Cataract?; Can Exenatide Prevent Glucocorticoid-Induced Hyperglycemia?; COPD: Beyond Pulmocentricity; Aspirin and Risk of Death from Cancer; Reducing Incontinence After Prostatectomy; Real-life Efficacy of Herpes Zoster Vaccine -
Contraceptive Technology Update April 2011 Issue in PDF