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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.
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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.