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Editors Note: The following summaries represent a selection of papers from among those presented at the 42nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held September 27-30, 2002, in San Diego and the 40th annual meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), held October 24-27, 2002, in Chicago.
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The following summaries represent a selection of papers from among those presented at the 42nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held September 27-30, 2002, in San Diego and the 40th annual meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), held October 24-27, 2002, in Chicago. Antiretroviral therapy is not included.
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FDA Issues Black Box Warning Based on WHI Study; ALLHAT: Thiazide for Hypertension Treatment; Candesartan Effective Against Migraines; Cough! No Cold Relief from Echinacea; COX-2 Inhibitors and GI Benefits Could Be Overrated; FDA Actions
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Stroke Reduction in Older Hypertensives with Abnormal Nocturnal Blood
Pressure Dipping; Primary Prevention of Hypertension; Effect of
Aggressive Screening and Treatment on Prostate Cancer Mortality;
Diuretics, Mortality, and Nonrecovery of Renal Function in Acute Renal
Failure; Nut and Peanut Butter Consumption and Risk of DM-2 in Women;
Optimal Diets for Prevention of CHD
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Bodegas Bust Bugs?; TNF in HIV/HBV Coinfected Adults
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A case of Plesiomonas shigelloides pyosalpinx occurred in a swimmer.
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Genetic mutations associated with resistance to fluoroquinolones were frequently detected in MRSA.
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A study of all children born in Denmark from 1991-1998 showed no association between vaccination with measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination and autism.
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Evidence indicates that a novel paramyxovirus, the human metapneumovirus, may be an important cause of respiratory tract infection.
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Two means of transmission of West Nile virus are newly describedsharps injury and transplacental infection.
