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In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, Hickson and colleagues hypothesized that they could reduce the occurrence of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) among older hospitalized patients taking antibiotics by feeding them a commercially-available probiotic yogurt drink.
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Meersseman and colleagues at Gasthuisberg University Hospital in Leuven, Belgium, have extensive experience in studies of invasive aspergillosis (IA) in critically ill patients, including those without the traditional risk factors.
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The death of a 12-day-old infant in New York City in May of 2006 was found to have been due to adenovirus serotype 14.
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Beginning in 2000, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Presbyterian experienced a marked increase in hospital-acquired C. difficile infection, from 2.7 infections per 1000 discharges (0.46 per 1000 patient days) in the 2 preceding years to 7.2 per 1000 discharges (1.17 per 1000 patients days).
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These three studies published back to back in JID serve to better characterize HPV infection in heterosexual men.
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In the aftermath of highly publicized cases of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) that claimed the lives of at least three school children and rattled parents nationwide, Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently sat before concerned members of Congress, urging calm and common sense against a "preventable" infection.
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There have been several unintended consequences projected about recent pay-for-performance changes by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), but could one of them be an unexpected boon to infection control budgets?
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The Joint Commission recently announced that its Division of Quality Research and Measurement will study how rapid tests for influenza are implemented in outpatient medical settings including solo and group practice physician offices, community health centers, and acute care hospital emergency departments throughout the United States.
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Despite a Joint Commission recommendation that cancer patients ages 50 years and older get seasonal flu shots, many are putting their lives at risk by not doing so.