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Comments reveal a sharp divide
The medical community appears to be deeply divided over a federal recommendation that would push the health system toward mandatory flu shot policies for health care workers. -
Abstract & Commentary: Emerging Nipah Virus causes Outbreak in Bangladesh Linked to Bat Reservoir
It has been over 10 years since a deadly paramyxovirus known as the Nipah virus emerged in Asia. Over the subsequent decade there has been multiple outbreaks. Some traditional practices like drinking raw date sap are hard to break. -
Abstract & Commentary: Absent Influenza Vaccine Response in Rituximab-treated Lymphoma Patients
The concern regarding influenza infection is high in cancer patients since the rate of infection is considerably higher and mortality is four times greater than in the general population. -
Antibiotics no Better than Placebo against Acute Rhinosinusitis
Garbutt and colleagues performed a randomized placebo controlled trial designed to evaluate the efficacy of antibiotic therapy in patients with a clinical diagnosis of acute rhinosinusitis at 10 primary care practices in St. Louis. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Beta-Lactam Therapy of Urinary Tract Infection Fails Again
The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in urinary pathogens has led Hooton and colleagues to examine the efficacy of a relatively broad spectrum orally administered cephalosporin in the treatment of uncomplicated cystitis. -
Abstract & Commentary: Patients Placed in Contact Isolation Are at Increased Risk for Delirium
To examine the association between being placed in contact isolation and delirium, Day and colleagues at the University of Maryland Medical Center reviewed administrative data on all patients admitted during a 2-year period ending in 2009. -
Cryptococcosis in Previously Normal Adults: NIH Study Seeking Participants
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Pharmacology Watch: Dutasteride and Low-Risk Prostate Cancer
In this issue: New treatment for prostate cancer; avastin and breast cancer; new CMS disclosure rule; and FDA actions. -
Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP
Labial HSV is a remarkably common infection, and is now believed to infect ~70% of the population in the U.S.. Many of these people have only an infrequent outbreak or are unaware of their latent infection.