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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Treatment of Neurocysticercosis
A 10-day treatment course of albendazole and dexamethasone for patients with seizures and neurocysticercosis with viable cysts significantly reduced the incidence of subsequent seizures.Mycobacterium avium Colonization and Disease Linked to Contaminated Hospital Water
Both clinical disease and sputum colonization due to Mycobacterium avium complex were traced to the potable water system of a large public hospital.ICAAC/IDSA/ASTMH 2003
The following summary of selected abstracts from 3 meetings will be published in multiple parts. The 43rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) met in Chicago September 14-17, 2003. The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) met in San Diego October 9-12, 2003.Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP
Helicobacter and Your Gallbladder; Warning: Can Gardening be Hazardous to Your Health?; Sylvester Shares His Salmonella; Combination Therapy for Bacterial EndocarditisPharmacology Watch: Estrogen Found to Not Affect Heart Disease, Breast Cancer