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In the absence of any randomized clinical trial data, clinicians aren't exactly sure when it makes good sense to order magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to breast cancer surgery and when it is more likely to offer little benefit.
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In This Issue: Baxter Bioscience has developed a whole-virus, two dose vaccine against avian flu; warning label now on antipsychotics regarding an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients treated for dementia-related psychosis; vitamin D for men with heart disease on horizon? A new oral anticoagulant may soon be available for prevention of thrombotic complications of hip or knee surgery; FDA Actions
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A Brooklyn, NY, resident presented in early June with a one-week history of fever, headaches, left-sided pleuritic chest pain, and a pleural effusion.
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In March 2004, an infectious disease specialist in New York queried the Emerging Infections Network (EIN) listserv about treatment of a patient with M. abscessus wound infection following abdominoplasty in the Dominican Republic.
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Abide and colleagues at the University of Mississippi report three patients who presented with skin lesions and were found to have leprosy.
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The Division of Foodborne, Bacterial, and Mycotic Diseases of the CDC, in conjunction with state and local health departments, conducted a study to better understand the epidemiologic and laboratory characteristics of paratyphoid fever in the United States.
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By 1998, community-acquired (ca) cases appeared among young children and are now widely documented, representing 15%-74% of Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections in US emergency departments.
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Recently, authors from the University of Wisconsin Medical School asked what is the risk of infection associated with nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus.