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In this issue: The JUPITER trial causes a stir; ACP practice guideline for antidepressant use; testosterone for low libido; continued shortage of Hib vaccine; FDA Actions.
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Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) represents the second most common nosocomial infection, accounting for 15% of all hospital-associated infections.
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An outbreak of 140 human cases of West Nile Virus in Kern County, California (better known for its increased risk of coccidioidomycosis), during the summer of 2007, prompted Reisen et al to look for possible causes.
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Most of us microbiologists were rudely awakened to the insufficiency of our susceptibility testing methods last year when the College of American Pathologists (CAP) sent out a carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae as an unknown proficiency testing sample. My laboratory, like most others in the United States, incorrectly reported the isolate as susceptible to imipenem and meropenem.
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Patients enrolled in the swiss hiv cohort study, initiating their first cART regimen between 1996 and early 2007, who had baseline and follow up CD4+ count and HIV RNA data available, were included in the analysis.
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The largest patient "look-back" notification in medical history involving some 40,000 patients potentially exposed to hepatitis C, HBV, and HIV in a Las Vegas endoscopy clinic allegedly was driven by policies designed to save money and carried out by medical staff who should have known they were putting patients at risk, Hospital Infection Control has learned.
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A 46-year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to progressive dyspnea, non-productive cough and fever. Two months prior to admission, he started to develop sustained weight loss and dyspnea associated with exertion. Ten-days prior to his presentation, dyspnea progressed to minimal exertion significantly limiting his functional status.
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147 patients on stable antiretroviral therapy (ART) were randomized to receiving rosuvustatin 10 mg daily or placebo. After 24 weeks rosovustatin both reduced cystatin C and slowed kidney function decline as assessed by a serum creatinine-based equation.
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Asymptomatic carriage of C. difficile in adult hospitalized patients varies regionally, but estimates suggest that 4% to 23% of patients being admitted to hospital in the U.S. may be colonized with toxogenic strains of C. difficile (TCD).