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Following the introduction of more highly active antiretroviral therapy in ~1995, epidemiologists observed a 50% decrease in rates of invasive pneumococcal disease in persons with HIV/AIDS.
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The laboratory group from the Pasteur Institute and inserm screened for CCR5 coding region polymorphisms in 3 groups of Vietnamese subjects, including 47 HIV-1 infected intravenous drug users (IDUs), 50 highly HIV-1 exposed but seronegative IDUs, and 37 HIV-1 unexposed seronegative individuals.
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Fungal infections are becoming more prevalent, as Candida spp. represent the fourth most common organism recovered from blood of hospitalized patients in the United States.
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The absorption of thyroxine is strongly influenced by stomach acidity, according to new study.
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This report begins with discussion of the most superficial lesions and progresses through the skin and soft tissue to the deeper and systemic disease processes.
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Although aspirin (ASA), particularly low-dose ASA 81 mg/d (LD-ASA), is well established as an appropriate agent for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, recent results from the Women's Health Study (WHS) about the impact of ASA in primary prevention came as a surprise...
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A novel T-cell inhibitor has been approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Abatacept is the first selective modulator of a costimulatory signal involved in T-cell activation (costimulatory blocker).