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In this issue: Drug combinations for hypertension; tenecteplase for
out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; CAM most commonly used for back, neck, and
arthritis pain; FDA Actions.
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Companion animals have been carrying a secret around for years. Maybe that is why my sister's golden retriever is always smiling. Methicillin-resistant coagulase-positive staphylococci are not exclusively Staphylococcus aureus.
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Schistosomiasis is the most important trematode infection worldwide, transmitted to humans through skin contact with infested freshwater.
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A retrospective study at a tertiary pediatric hospital in Israel of all children with a positive blood or synovial fluid culture for K. kingae during 1996-2006 revealed 62 children with invasive K. kingae infections. Of these, 42 (68%) had positive blood culture results and 20 (32%) had positive synovial fluid cultures. There were no cases of osteomyelitis documented.
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Mathematical models (a case reproduction number/stochastic model and a long-term epidemic dynamics/deterministic transmission model) were used to explore the effect of testing for all people 15 or older for HIV and initiating ARV therapy immediately after diagnosis.
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In a case that recalls the national hue and cry of the Florida HIV dental outbreak in the early 1990s, investigators have determined that HIV provider-to-patient infections remain exceedingly rare.
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The AIDS Drug Assistances Protocol Fund Medical Advisory Committee's Recommendations for State ADAP Waiting List Guidelines, revised in September, 2004, suggest these prioritization strategies for clients who are on waiting lists to receive AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) drugs to treat their HIV disease:
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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 peer education and skills training program at AIDS Service Center (ASC) in New York, NY, has helped to change the lives of many people living with HIV infection.
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In this new economy of doing more with less money, a 17-year-old peer education and skills training program sponsored by AIDS Service Center (ASC) of New York, NY, is a good model.