Infectious Disease Alert – March 1, 2010
March 1, 2010
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The Expanding Syndrome of Necrotizing Fasciitis
A new report and review of the literature comes from Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston of a 77-year-old Native American with follicular thyroid cancer post-radiation that spread to his hip, resulting in metastatic disease. He developed septic shock and necrotizing fasciitis of both thighs. -
Pneumocystis Colonization and Pulmonary Infection in Immunocompetent Adults
Nested PCR using primers to amplify the mito chondrial large subunit of P. jirovecii was performed on lungs from patients who underwent autopsy at a large urban medical examiner's office in Chile. -
Acyclovir for Prevention of HIV Transmission
In a study of hiv transmission, 3,408 HIV-1 serodis cordant couples were enrolled at 14 sites in Africa. -
Building Laboratory Capacity in Resource-poor Settings: Part 1
Physicians in the developed parts of the world have an unrealistic expectation that when they order a patient's specimen to be sent to the microbiology laboratory for culture that the results they receive in the laboratory's report are always reliable and can be used to initiate or modify the patient's therapeutic regimen. -
Land-to-sea Transmission of Toxoplasmosis ... And Back Again
Dr. Scully reports no financial relationships relevant to this field of study. This study originally appeared in the February issue of Travel Medicine Advisor. -
Updates by Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP
An increasing number of HIV-positive immigrants and refugees, many from Africa, are cared for in the United States. -
Pharmacology Watch: Oral Treatments for Relapsing-remitting MS
In this issue: Two oral medications for relapsing-remitting MS in phase III development; antihypertensives find new uses; Ginkgo biloba does not prevent cognitive decline in elderly; and FDA Actions. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement