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A Crackdown on Importation of Drugs; FDA Actions.
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Rev. Deresienski Stops Communion!; Environmental Mimics of Chemical Warfare; Malaria in Airline Crew Members; Paradoxical Effect of High-Dose Caspofungin.
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Although a definitive answer could not be reached because of small sample size, no evidence of benefit from the treatment of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome with ribavirin was detected.
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A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of infants fed a formula supplemented with probiotics showed a mild reduction in the days and episodes of fever, and the days and episodes of diarrhea, with no effect on respiratory tract illnesses.
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A Colorado family purchased 6 hamsters from a pet store, all of whom died within a week from a diarrheal illness. One, however, managed to bite a 3-year-old child on the index finger before dying. One week later, the child developed fever and painful left axillary lymphadenopathy, as well as sloughing of skin at the site of the bite.
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Health-care providers should be vigilant for LGV, especially among MSM exposed to persons from Europe, and be prepared to diagnose the disease and provide appropriate treatment to patients and their exposed sex partners.
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A 52-year-old female pet store employee presented to a Florida Emergency room with a 2-day history of a febrile illness. She was hypotensive and, despite receiving antibiotic therapy in an ICU setting, died within 12 hours of admission.
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HHV6 DNA was detected in 57 of 5638 (1%) cord blood samples, while HHV7 DNA was detected in none of 2129 cord blood samples. Congenital HHV6 infections were clinically and virologically distinct from postnatal HHV6 infections.