Articles Tagged With: infection
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Significance of Pyuria in Children With Neurogenic Bladder
Pyuria is common in asymptomatic children with neurogenic bladders, especially after bladder surgery. The simple presence of pyuria does not necessarily indicate a need for antibiotic treatment.
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A Maternal Antibody Protects Infants From Severe Malaria
Transplacental antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum Schizont Egress Antigen-1 may protect infants from severe malarial infection during the first year of life. This new knowledge about these antibodies potentially can inform vaccine development.
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Measles — It’s Back!
The number of measles cases in the United States has exceeded 1,000 so far in 2019, the largest number in a quarter of a century.
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Drug Combination Considered for Treatment-Resistant Gonorrhea
Newly released research indicates that a certain combination of drugs, gentamicin and azithromycin, may work as well as ceftriaxone alone for cases of drug-resistant gonorrhea.
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Time to Close Gaps in HIV Testing, Treatment
About 80% of new HIV transmissions can be linked to people whose infection is undiagnosed or is not currently treated, according to findings from a just-published analysis.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
California Inmates With Cocci Lose Appeal; Tuberculosis Testing in Small Children
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Histoplasmosis — Expansion of Risk Areas and Need for More Standardized Practice
Histoplasmosis is increasingly seen beyond the previous risk areas of the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. Diagnostic and treatment practices vary widely.
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Examining Immune Treatment for Cervical Pre-Cancers
Researchers are moving ahead with studies of a potential immunotherapeutic, nonsurgical approach to treating cervical intraepithelial neoplasia caused by human papillomavirus infection (HPV).
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When to Screen for and Treat Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
New guideline recommendations indicate that the only unequivocal indications for screening and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria are pregnancy and undergoing endoscopic urologic procedures associated with mucosal injury.
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Viruses, Food Allergies, and Childhood Wheezing
Infants with severe bronchiolitis sometimes develop subsequent recurrent wheeze and asthma. Among infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis, the risk of developing asthma is greatest in those with rhinovirus C infection, especially if they also are sensitized with IgE against foods.