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Guidelines for this years influenza season are now available, with important recommendations to hospitals and clinics.
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There is no proven therapy for infection due to the mosquito-borne flavivirus West Nile Virus, introduced to a fully susceptible U.S. population in 1999.
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Synopsis: A large primary care pediatric study of recurrent urinary tract infections found a 12% per year recurrence rate with risk factors being white race, age 3-5 years, and grade 4-5 vesicoureteral reflux. Antimicrobial prophylaxis did not reduce the risk for recurrence but was associated with increased risk of recurrent infection caused by resistant organisms.
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A multicenter non-inferiority open-labeled randomized controlled trial of oral amoxicillin-clavulanate (50 mg/kg/day divided 3 times a day for 10 days) compared to initial parenteral treatment with ceftriaxone (50 mg/kg/day as a single daily dose for 3 days) followed by oral amoxicillin-clavulanate (for 7 days) for children < 6 years of age with acute pyelonephritis and no anatomic urogenital tract abnormalities was conducted from 2000 to 2004 among 502 children 1 month to 7 years of age in 28 primary care practices in northern Italy.
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High-Dose Statin Therapy, Value for Older Adults; Simvastatin, Best for
Parkinson's Disease; Polyethylene Glycol for Chronic Constipation; FDA
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The rabies symposium at the conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine in Vancouver, Canada, featured Drs. David Warrell, David Shlim, and Kanitta Suvansrinon.
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This interesting report written by an ID Fellow at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) describes 3 cases of Q fever in deployed (or recently redeployed) soldiers serving in Iraq.
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An outbreak of dengue-like illness that began in May, 2007, on Yap, one of the Carolina islands of the Federated States of Micronesia, proved to be due to Zika virus.
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The diagnosis and treatment of severe forms of malaria is an emergent matter. However, the microscopic diagnosis of malaria requires skill and experience and the availability of capable personnel at all hours of the day and night is becoming increasingly problematic in U.S. hospitals.