Eosinophilic meningitis is a distinct clinical syndrome characterized, in part, by an eosinophilic pleocytosis in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
It was recently reported that the prevalence of homozygosity for CCR5 delta 32, a nonfunctional variant of the chemokine receptor CCR5, is markedly increased among symptomatic WNV-seropositive patients from Arizona and Colorado.
In this study, 12,765 patients from the large French Hospital Database on HIV with CD4+ lymphocyte counts < 200 cells/uL who received cART during 2000-2005 were selected.
Folk remedies for various medical conditions are commonly used throughout the world, many of which probably have a biological basis for their efficacy not recognized by "Western" doctors.
World health authorities and the European equivalent of the CDC alerted doctors and the public that Influenza A strains circulating in Europe this winter appear to be increasing resistance to oseltamivir (Tamiflu). Previously, oseltamivir-resistant strains occurred with less than 1% frequency.
The incidence of chicken pox has decreased dramatically in the United States since implementation of a universal vaccination program in 1995.
Researchers from Harvard Medical School examined antibiotic use in a group of elderly, demented patients residing in 21 nursing homes in the Boston Area, focusing on the weeks prior to death.
