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In this issue: Medication poisonings in children; rosuvastatin vs atorvastatin for atherosclerosis; saw palmetto for prostate symptoms; using atypical antipsychotics for off-label indications in adults; and FDA actions.
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Mr. Evans is Executive Editor of the Infectious Disease Group at AHC Media LLC, in Atlanta, GA; he writes for Hospital Infection Control & Prevention and the HICprevent blog at http://hicprevent.blogs.reliasmedia.com/. This article originally appeared in the October issue of Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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A 40-year-old Gambian male with end-stage renal disease secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) was evaluated for a living unrelated kidney transplant.
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In this issue: New recommendations for HPV vaccine; guidelines for treatment of essential tremor; updates on smoking cessation drugs; and FDA actions.
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Since the time of the roman empire the animal virus, rinderpest (RPV), German for "cattle plague," has led to countless human deaths from agricultural losses that resulted in famine and disease.
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An outbreak of dengue fever in northeastern kenya was first reported in September 2011, and is believed to be spreading rapidly, with at least 5,000 people infected within the first weeks of this outbreak.
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Approximately 2 million children cross internation-al borders each year, and many of them are traveling with older family members to visit friends and relatives (VFR) in the family's country of origin. Previous studies suggest that these children are at particular risk of missing potentially helpful pre-travel interventions and of becoming ill during travel.
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Greek health authorities recently published their findings of 36 cases of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Greece occurring between May 2011 and September 2011.
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A descriptive study enrolled children 2-18 years of age presenting to a pediatric emergency department in Rhode Island during the months of April through December of 2006-2009.
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Clinical laboratories in north america are increasingly switching to the newer treponemal-specific assays, such as the enzyme immunoassay (EIA) or chemiluminescence immunoassay (CIA) for syphilis testing.
