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CDC trying to rein in antibiotic use in LTC
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The battler: CRE can't beat an indomitable spirit
Of all the motivations to become an infectious disease doctor, this is one of the more unusual paths taken: lose most of one leg and nearly all of your life to a series of recurrent near pan-resistant bacterial infections that you've finally fought into remission but still have a 30% chance of coming back and trying to kill you. -
Only a 50% adherence rate to infection control in ICUs
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CDC: Test workers for HBV immunity
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Monkey Fever — Kyasanur Forest Disease
Kyasanur Forest disease, also known as monkey fever, is a cause of hemorrhagic fever with late CNS manifestations in a geographically delimited area of India. -
Japanese Encephalitis
Guangdong province in China, having brought SARS under control, is now facing its seasonal epidemic of Japanese encephalitis. -
Viruses Down Under
Ross River and Barmah viruses are causes of febrile illness often associated with severe joint symptoms, which may persist for months. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Treatment Of Early Lyme Disease — More Is Not Better
Neither adding a single dose of ceftriaxone to a 10-day course of doxycycline nor extending the duration of doxycycline therapy to 20 days is better than a straightforward 10-day course of oral doxycycline in the treatment of patients with erythema migrans. -
Amoeba-Associated Bacteria: Novel Causes of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia?
Organisms that may only be isolated by using coculture with amoeba and that are present in hospital water supplies may be implicated in some cases of ventilator-associated pneumonia.