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Hand hygiene and facemasks used within 36 hours of patient symptom onset resulted in a small reduction of household transmission of influenza, but adherence to recommended practices was poor despite home-based education.
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Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a protein that might seem to be most interesting to the endocrinologist, since its sole function - until very recently - has been thought to be regulation of the availability of gonadal steroids.
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Well-characterized strains of Staphylococcus aureus were grown in broth culture and after lysis PCR primers amplifying the lukS-PV and lukF-PV genes were employed. The amplicon was inserted into a pGEX vector and was transfected into E. coli.
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The diagnosis of C. difficile-related disease (CDD) in children is controversial, as recently reviewed.
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In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 140 patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria were randomized to rosiglitazone 4 mg BID for four days vs. placebo, in addition to atovaquone/proguanil.
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From June to November 2007, 10 neonates were hospitalized at Chicago's Northwestern University Children's Memorial Hospital.
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A prospective, multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial was conducted of oral supplementation of bovine lactoferrin (BLF) alone or in combination with the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) to reduce the incidence of late onset sepsis (> 72 hours after birth) in very low birth-weight (VLBW) (< 1,500 g) newborns.
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The FDA has granted market approval for pitava-statin, the seventh HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, or "statin." It is a high-potency statin similar to rosuvastatin and atorvastatin.
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Less than one-third of health care workers with probable or possible patient-to-health care provider transmission of H1N1 reported consistently using a surgical mask or N95 respirator.
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The ECG tracing shown above was obtained from a 50-year-old man with a history of longstanding hypertension.