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Prescribing β-lactam antibiotics for children with upper respiratory tract infections is associated with in a 3-fold increase in the MIC for ampicillin and 2-fold increase of the ICEHin1056 resistance gene of oropharyngeal Haemophilus isolates.
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Between july 4th and august 28th 2007, more than 100 residents of Castiglione di Cervia and Castiglione di Ravenna, adjacent villages separated by the River Savio, suffered acute febrile illnesses with myalgias, arthralgis, and frequently, skin rash.
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Are thiazolidinediones safe? New study shows Zometa reduces risk of hip fractures and improves survival.
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The May 23/30, 2007, issue of JAMA was devoted to malaria and contained an informative selection of papers. In particular, 2 articles were of particular interest to practitioners of travel medicine.
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In the midst of multiple outbreaks of norovirus infection in Maryland in 2004, infection control personnel at Johns Hopkins Hospital were notified that 2 healthcare workers (HCW) had acute gastroenteritis, resulting in the initiation of active surveillance of gastrointestinal illness among patients and staff.
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected patients have been shown to experience hypertriglyceridemia and/or hypercholesterolemia as a result of their highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), along with natural disease progression.
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I had practiced clinical infectious diseases for many years before starting work fulltime as an attending physician at our county hospital here in San Jose.
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Mupirocin Less Effective Against MRSA; New Guideline for Asthma
Diagnosis/Management; FDA Actions
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I recently treated a patient at our HIV clinic here in San Jose who had, interestingly, developed kidney stones years ago while receiving indinavir.