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The current recommendations for yellow fever vaccination are summarized.
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The FDA has recently approved adefovir dipivoxil for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection in adults.
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A clonally related strain of S aureus that produces the Panton-Valentine leukocidin associated with severe cutaneous and pulmonary infections has been detected in a number of regions of France.
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A patient with group A streptococcal respiratory and soft tissue infection was the source of an outbreak involving 24 health care workers.
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Helicobacter pylori is an exceedingly common inhabitant of the human stomach. The discovery of its role in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease was revolutionary, but many questions remain about this organism and an appropriate medical approach to its presence.
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Skin affected by atopic dermatitis fails to express antimicrobial peptides, possibly accounting for the almost universal presence of S aureus in these lesions.
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Adjunctive therapy with dexamethosone, initiated immediately before or with the first dose of antibiotic, significantly improved outcomes in adults with pneumococcal meningitis.
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In this feature, brief items, primarily gleaned from abstracts or articles in journals and other resources not commonly perused by most US
infectious disease physicians, will be presented, usually without comment.