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Atypical Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), California Update for clinicians, July 24, 2012; San Mateo County Public Health Advisory (1); MMWR Notes from the field: Severe hand, foot, and mouth disease associated with Coxsackievirus A6 Alabama, Connecticut, California, and Nevada, November 2011- February 2012. March 30, 2012; 61(12); 213-214 (2); ProMEDmail alert, August 14, 2012 (3).
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A birth cohort of 397 infants born from 2002 to 2005 in rural and suburban environments in Finland was followed through the first 44 weeks of life.
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The classic teaching is that if a human carries Staphylococcus aureus, it is most likely residing in the anterior nares.
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Murine typhus is an acute zoonotic infection caused by Rickettsia typhi, an obligate-intracellular Gram-negative bacterium belonging to the typhus group of rickettsiae. R. typhi infections occur worldwide, particularly in warm, humid coastal environments of the tropics; in the U.S., autochthonous transmission also occasionally occurs in Hawaii, Texas, and California.
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A new topical preparation for the treatment of head lice has been approved by the FDA. Ivermectin is a macrocyclic lactone antibiotic that has been used orally both on and off label for head lice since 2001.
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Infants in an area with high malaria exposure were infected with EBV at a significantly younger age in infancy, with a much higher incidence of primary EBV infection before 6 months of age.
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A total of 153 nasopharyngeal swabs were collected as part of a nationwide study in Switzerland from children <2 years of age treated for acute otitis media from 2004-2009.
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Case Summary: A 27-year-old physical education teacher presented with two separate episodes of ill-defined dizziness and mild confusion over a period of one week.
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In response to concerns that too much, and possibly unnecessary, surgery is undertaken in developing countries, especially in the elderly, these authors remind us that the vast majority of people around the globe requiring surgery don't get it.
