Infectious Disease Alert – September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006
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A New Rotavirus Vaccine
Over 63,000 healthy infants from 11 latin american countries and Finland were randomized to receive either 2 oral doses of a live, attenuated human rotavirus vaccine or placebo at 2 and 4 months of age. -
Update on Quinolone-Induced Changes in Glycemic Control
Within the past few months, gatifloxacin (Tequin®) has received some attention in the medical community due to reports of serious hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia. -
Utility of Follow-Up Imaging Studies in Spine Infections
This paper presents the results of a retrospective cohort analysis from the Mayo Clinic of 79 patients with bacterial spine infection who underwent baseline and follow-up imaging studies with MRI. -
Myopathy Associated with Daptomycin Use
Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic which was initially approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of complicated skin and skin-skin structure infections in September 2003. -
Linezolid-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci
At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, laboratory-based surveillance of coagulase-negative staphylococci found that 4% were linezolid resistant. MIC's to linezolid were generally > 256 ug/mL; the isolates were all susceptible to vancomycin and daptomycin. -
Refugees with Eosinophilia: Diagnostic Considerations
Seybolt and colleagues performed a retrospective analysis of refugees seen as part of a 2-visit health evaluation at Boston Medical Center from October 1998 through May 2002. -
Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP
The introduction of therapy animals and pets in the health care setting has created unique opportunities and challenges for infection control personnelproblems that DiSalvo and colleagues point out can be blurred by confusion between various animal programs. -
Pharmacology Watch: Raloxifene's Role for Estrogen- and Age-Related Problems
The Truth About Multivitamins; Statins and Hepatitis C; Preventing Hot Flashes; FDA News -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
Air Travel and DVT Risk: Is Hypobaric Hypoxia the Culprit?; GERD: Size Matters; Does aTNFa for RA Increase Infections and Malignancies?; Postexposure Treatment with Doxycycline and Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever; Secondary Prevention of Stroke: Persistence Pays Off; That Darned Cold Sore: What a Difference a Day Makes!