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In a flu season that saw everything from mismatched vaccine to emergence of antiviral resistance, we add this grim footnote: 83 children died.
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The utility of surveillance screening for MRSA on hospital admission remains controversial. Three recently published clinical trials attempt to assess the role of MRSA surveillance.
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The infection control professional title formerly infection control practitioner with its enduring abbreviation ICP, has given way to a new era and a new name: Infection Preventionist.
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The largest look-back investigation in medical history involving some 50,000 patients seen at two endoscopy clinics in Las Vegas has netted a growing total of hepatitis C infections; at least 11 unconfirmed HIV cases, lawsuits involving thousands of patients, multiple criminal proceedings, and a nonstop media blitz that only will increase the likelihood of more infection-related claims in other states, speakers recently said at the annual APIC conference in Denver.
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Data on cancer incidence in the HIV-infected population were derived from the CDC-sponsored Adult and Adolescent Spectrum of HIV Disease Project (ASD) conducted in 11 geographic areas, as well as from the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS) conducted in eight US cities.
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In France, 750 patients from 12 hospitals participated in a concealed, randomized, multicenter, evaluator-blinded, parallel-group trial (the Cathedia study) conducted between 2004 and 2007.
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A cohort of 549 internationally adopted children greater than and equal to" 3 months of age (mean age, 22.9 months; range, 1.2 200 months) was evaluated at Cincinnati Children's Hospital between 1999 and 2004, with a post-adoption health visit within two months (mean, 12 days) after arrival in the United States.
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As mentioned in the article by Russell et al, a patient was admitted to the hospital in the United Kingdom after a week's febrile respiratory illness; he had previously been in good health. Admission chest radiograph showed many nodules.
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In This Issue: Baxter Bioscience has developed a whole-virus, two dose
vaccine against avian flu; warning label now on antipsychotics regarding an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients treated for dementia-related psychosis; vitamin D for men with heart disease on
horizon? A new oral anticoagulant may soon be available for prevention of thrombotic complications of hip or knee surgery; FDA Actions
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