The novel coronavirus which emerged in the Middle East, now officially called MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus), has continued to cause new, often fatal infections. As of June 7, 2013, there have been 55 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Two recent studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention evaluated the risks for spread of respiratory viruses from travelers on commercial airplanes.
In a matched, retrospective cohort study, early use of daptomycin compared to vancomycin in MRSA bacteremia with vancomycin MICs > 1 ìg/mL resulted in improved clinical outcomes, including less clinical failure at 30 days, lower mortality and less persistent bacteremia.
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The risk of cardiovascular mortality with current use of the azalide (but not with past or future use) was increased (rate ratio, 2.85; 95% CI 1.13 to 7.24).
Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive solid tumors, with a median overall survival of 12 to 14 months and a two-year survival of 15% to 26%.
In 2011, 2 men died of amebic meningoencephalitis in Louisiana.