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In This Issue: Guidelines for prediabetes from The American College of Endocrinology; statins for the prevention of dementia? Possible help for women suffering from sexual side effects while on antidepressants; government incentives for electronic prescribing; FDA Actions.
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As kids prepare for school this fall, remember that the United States American College of Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends administration of meningococcal vaccine to previously unvaccinated children starting high school or going off to college.
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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 et al at the university of mississippi report three patients who presented with skin lesions and were found to have leprosy.
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The inevitability of progression of bacterial resistance to antibiotics used in the clinic and other settings dictates the need for approaches that go beyond antimicrobial stewardship and the development of new antibiotics.
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Central nervous system infection due to free-living amebae generally manifests as either acute meningitis or focal encephalitis.
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A retrospective review of 211 inpatients admitted to the US Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort in early 2003 revealed 57 patients with A. baumannii infection.
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Although Enzyme-Immunoassay (EIA) tests have replaced cytotoxin assays for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) in most US laboratories, the changing epidemiology of this disease suggests that an adjustment in diagnostic testing algorithms is needed.
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Little changes can make a big difference. Although that message still is seen as counterintuitive by some health care experts, Trust for America's Health (TFAH) has concluded that an investment of $10 per person per year in proven community-based programs to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and prevent smoking and other tobacco use could save the country more than $16 billion a year within five years, or a return of $5.60 for every $1 invested.