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We are now over 10 years into the era of haart (highly active antiretroviral therapy). The use of potent HIV protease inhibitors (or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors), generally used in combination with a background of 2 nucleoside/nucleotide analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors, almost overnight changed the natural history of HIV disease.
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Treatment of chronic Hepatitis B is directed at suppressing viral replication, reducing hepatitis (necroinflammatory) activity, slowing progression of fibrotic disease, and rendering patients noninfectious.
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Varying levels of the antibiotic tetracycline found in Nubian bones from around the 4th century prompted a lengthy search for the source. Researchers at Emory University in Atlanta discovered that the answer may lie in ancient Nubian beer.
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Erectile Dysfunction and Visual Disturbance; Mixed News on Statins; FDA Actions
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The chances that a surgical patient in a U.S. hospital will receive appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis with drugs both administered and discontinued in a timely fashion remains essentially a flip of the coin.
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Emerging as the bane of cruise ships and nursing homes, norovirus with its ability to cause severe gastroenteritis, persist in the environment, and spread via contaminated food or human contact would seem to be the perfect candidate for a nosocomial pathogen of the most troublesome variety.
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Health care epidemiologists are reporting an increase in bloodstream infections (BSIs) due to the use of needleless mechanical valve devices that connect to central venous catheters.
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Based on ongoing research with the resurrected 1918 H1N1 pandemic virus, it appears that avian influenza H5N1 bird flu could rapidly adapt and spread through the human population with a few genetic changes that allow a transmission tipping point.
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If avian H5N1 influenza emerges as a pandemic strain, no currently available vaccine will be completely protective. Therefore, the thrust of the nations pandemic influenza plan is aimed at rapidly producing vaccine and stockpiling effective antivirals.
