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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.
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A woman suffering from headaches went to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with a tension headache and discharged with muscle relaxation and pain medication.
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Risk managers have a new concern that will require a close review of human resources policies and procedures in order to avoid the improper use and disclosure of genetic information.
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Douglas Dotan, MA, CQIA, president of CRG Medical in Houston, which offers patient safety quality management solutions to health care providers, suggests risk managers consider those policies and procedures that have helped some health care providers reduce errors related to unlabeled syringes: