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It’s Time for West Nile Virus Again!
West Nile virus (WNV) was alien to North America before the summer of 1999. That year, WNV infection invaded New York City, establishing a beachhead that has now led to invasion of much of the United States, as well as intrusions into Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. WNV is clearly here to stay. -
Full June 2, 2003, Issue in PDF
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Contraceptive Technology Update - November 2014 Issue in PDF
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Pediatric Appendicitis
MONOGRAPH: The diagnosis of acute appendicitis remains a challenging conundrum for the emergency physician.
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Red Meat and Increased Breast Cancer Risk
In this study, the authors investigated the relationship between dietary protein sources during early adulthood in women and overall breast cancer risk. Previously, Cho and colleagues reported that increased red meat intake was associated with greater risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women who participated in the Nurses¡¯ Health Study II (NHII) cohort. The current study found that red and processed meat intake in early adulthood may increase the risk of breast cancer in women, but eating legumes, nuts, poultry, and fish reduced the risk of breast cancer in the NHII cohort. -
ID Grand Rounds-Stanford University: Woman with Neutropenic fever, Ab Pain
A 44-year old woman with a history of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) who recently completed a third-cycle of consolidation chemotherapy with idarubicin and cytarabine presented with fever and abdominal pain. -
Treatment of MDR Bedaqualine Appears to be a Major Advance in Treatment of MDR-TB
Bedaquiline (a unique diarylquinoline) was studied vs. placebo in a prospective randomized trial when added to a standard 5-drug regimen in the treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis. Treatment with bedaquiline when added to a preferred background for 24 weeks resulted in significantly more and faster culture conversion than placebo. -
Abstract & Commentary Importance of Culture for Group A Strep Pharyngitis after a Negative Rapid Test
Pharyngitis is a very common infection resulting in more than 6 million annual office visits by adults in the United States. The ability to distinguish pharyngitis caused by group A streptococci (GAS) from other etiologies (e.g. viruses) is important because untreated GAS can have serious consequences including peritonsillar abscess and rheumatic fever. -
Infected American Doc knew He Faced a ‘Tsunami’ of Ebola in Liberia, Kept Working
The healthcare system in Liberia has had to go through a complete reboot after every single hospital in the city of Monrovia closed down to be decontaminated with bleach water as a result of Ebola cases landing in emergency rooms, outpatient clinics and medical wards -
Enterovirus 68 Rumors, Realities, Research
A preliminary report from Missouri suggests that enterovirus 68 is responsible for a large outbreak of respiratory disease in children. Typically, there is a rapid onset of respiratory symptoms with wheezing, and intensive care is required for about 15% of affected patients.