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In a study of hiv transmission, 3,408 HIV-1 serodis cordant couples were enrolled at 14 sites in Africa.
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Nested PCR using primers to amplify the mito chondrial large subunit of P. jirovecii was performed on lungs from patients who underwent autopsy at a large urban medical examiner's office in Chile.
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In this issue: Two oral medications for relapsing-remitting MS in phase III development; antihypertensives find new uses; Ginkgo biloba does not prevent cognitive decline in elderly; and FDA Actions.
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An increasing number of HIV-positive immigrants and refugees, many from Africa, are cared for in the United States.
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The Joint Commission's 2010 patient safety goal to prevent multidrug-resistant infections (NPSG.07.03.01) includes the following key aspects and elements of performance:
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After some 20 years in infection prevention, Allison McGeer, MD, has weathered both the 2003 Toronto outbreak of SARS and the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza A pandemic.
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When I was an IP Newbie back in January 1990, my manager insisted literally made me go to the monthly local APIC chapter meetings.
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Case reports by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention included the following details about three bacterial meningitis cases in postpartum women in New York:
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A fatal meningitis infection in a pregnant woman in Ohio has been linked to an anesthesiologist giving shots into the spine without wearing a surgical face mask, a breach of current infection prevention guidelines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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Beneath the general praise Consumer Reports (CR) received for publishing hospital infection rate data and bringing the importance of infection prevention to the forefront, there is a lingering question in the mind of many a health care epidemiologist.