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I recently treated a patient at our HIV clinic here in San Jose who had, interestingly, developed kidney stones years ago while receiving indinavir.
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Nothing short of a medical miracle occurred in 2004, when a 15-year old Wisconsin girl survived rabies encephalitis following a therapeutically induced coma, using a novel combination of ketamine, ribavirin, and amantadine.
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The emergence of two new strains of norovirus has resulted in increased reports of hospital and long-term care outbreaks, some of which appear to involve the first fatal infections with the virus reported in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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A controversial health care worker screening provision in a recently enacted Pennsylvania law was intended as compromise language that would appease the governor's office while giving hospitals flexibility in complying, a state legislative official tells Hospital Infection Control.
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If you're thinking pertussis is the cause of a respiratory outbreak in your hospital or community, think twice.
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Noting that a national spike in norovirus outbreaks likely represents an underestimate, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is setting up a national surveillance system as the bane of cruise ships moves aggressively into hospitals and long-term care settings.
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In a move that runs counter to national public health guidelines and may contribute to the rise of drug-resistant pathogens, Pennsylvania has passed a state law that could lead to routinely culturing a wide variety of health care workers for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).
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Stopping statins, even briefly, after stroke or cardiovascular surgery increases vascular complications according to 3 new studies.
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Guidelines for this year's influenza season are now available, with important recommendations to hospitals and clinics.