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Nasal carriage of mr-cons was prospectively investigated in 291 adults upon hospital admission.
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Using liquid medium with a commercial air sampler, air was sampled at varying distances from 19 patients admitted to the hospital with Pneumocystis pneumonia. Samples were examined and DNA quantified using a real-time PCR assay targeting the large subunit ribosomal RNA gene.
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Colistin (Ppolymyxin E) was isolated from bacillus colistinus 60 years ago and, during the 1960s, a new intravenous formulation (Coly-Mycin M Parenteral) became available for use in clinical practice.
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In this issue: Lorcaserin submitted for FDA review, FDA advisory panel votes against phentermine/topiramate, mixed vote on rosiglitazone, advisory panel votes to remove breast cancer indication from bevacizumab labeling, no increase in seizures found with DTaP vaccine, new REMS for quinine.
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A physician in new York notified relevant county and state public health authorities in August 2009, of a patient from Rochester with suspected dengue, subsequently confirmed by CDC, whose only travel had been to Key West, FL. Confirmation at the CDC included both serum antibody testing and detection of dengue virus serotype 1 in cerebrospinal fluid.
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Cryptococcal infection has taken another new twist. For years before the HIV epidemic, infection with C. neoformans mostly occurred in immunosuppressed individuals who also had some defined zoonotic exposure, often to birds or pigeons.
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Ivermectin is a well-known anti-parasitic medication that has been used for years, with little toxicity to humans.