Infectious Disease General
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Doxycycline May Protect Against Clostridium Difficile Infection
Doernberg and colleagues sought to determine whether receipt of doxycycline was associated with protection from development of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in hospitalized patients being treated with ceftriaxone, a known high-risk antibiotic for CDI. -
Burden of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Young Children
Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) was only discovered about a decade ago and until this study the extent of the disease — particularly in the young — was not known. -
Continuous Infusion of Beta-lactams for Sepsis Improves Outcomes
Despite notable advances in critical care medicine, mortality from severe sepsis remains unacceptably high. With current therapeutic strategies, nothing has proven more crucial than early and effective antibiotics. -
Antibiotics for Severe Acute Malnutrition
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted from December 2009 through January 2011 at 18 feeding sites in Malawi. This region of oral sub-Saharan Africa has a subsistence farming population with an estimated 11% of adults infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). -
Gatifloxacin Tablets and Injection (Tequin, Bristol-Myers Squibb)
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Hospital Infection Prevention-Patients are at risk in ambulatory settings
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Hospital Infection Prevention-CDC home care survey finds 16% infections
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Healtcare Infection Prevention-Increasing use of devices fuels infections in home care
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SSI core measure: Look harder and look worse?
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Hospital infections cost U.S. $5 billion annually