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Musher and colleagues followed 207 patients with C. difficile colitis treated with appropriate (at least 1.5 gm/day) doses of metronidazole for at least 7 days. All patients had a positive stool ELISA assay for C. difficile toxin.
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Two definite (culture-confirmed), and one probable, cases of K. kingae invasive disease were reported in Minnesota in October 2003, among children attending the same toddler classroom of a childcare center.
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Promising New Weight Loss Drug?; Treating Shift-Work Disorder; Another Flu Vaccine Shortage?; FDA Actions
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Over the past decade, there has been growing concern about the magnitude of antimicrobial resistance, particularly among gram-positive organisms such as penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, methicillin-resistant staphylococci, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
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A Crackdown on Importation of Drugs; FDA Actions.
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Rev. Deresienski Stops Communion!; Environmental Mimics of Chemical Warfare; Malaria in Airline Crew Members; Paradoxical Effect of High-Dose Caspofungin.
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Although a definitive answer could not be reached because of small sample size, no evidence of benefit from the treatment of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome with ribavirin was detected.
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A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of infants fed a formula supplemented with probiotics showed a mild reduction in the days and episodes of fever, and the days and episodes of diarrhea, with no effect on respiratory tract illnesses.