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Synopsis: Bartonella is a cause of unexplained fever in HIV-infected patients.
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Synopsis: More than 90% of individuals studied maintain measurable humoral or T-cell mediated immunity against vaccinia virus for as long as 75 years after smallpox vaccination.
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Synopsis: A prospective study of 671 episodes of acute chest syndrome in 538 patients with sickle cell anemia found that 51 (9%) had serologic evidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, including 12% of episodes in children < 5 years of age. Mycoplasma hominis was cultured in 10 episodes.
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Synopsis: Treatment of CAP with 750 mg of levofloxacin daily for 5 days was as effective as a 10-day course of 500 mg daily.
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Synopsis: Copper silver ionization in potable waters was found to be highly effective in reducing environmental Legionella colonization and preventing nosocomial Legionnaires disease over prolonged time periods.
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Pulsed-dose intravenous methylprednisolone added to the conventional treatment of IVIG and high-dose aspirin, resulted in faster resolution of fever and lower ESR, CRP, and levels of IgA in children with Kawasaki disease.
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Staphylococcus lugdunensis, in contrast to the other skin and mucus membrane-colonizing coagulase-negative staphylococci, has virulence factors that closely resemble those of Staphylococcus aureus and consequently causes similar aggressively destructive infections.
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Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and disability to children, says Sharon A. Welsh, RN, EMT, trauma injury prevention coordinator at UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, MA. Thats why she has made education on child safety seats a priority.
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Education can help ease anxiety when a problem is detected on a screening mammogram. That is why all imaging centers within the OhioHealth system have a breast health nurse call patients who need additional views.