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Murine typhus is an acute zoonotic infection caused by Rickettsia typhi, an obligate-intracellular Gram-negative bacterium belonging to the typhus group of rickettsiae. R. typhi infections occur worldwide, particularly in warm, humid coastal environments of the tropics; in the U.S., autochthonous transmission also occasionally occurs in Hawaii, Texas, and California. The rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis is generally considered the primary vector.
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There have been 14 cases of invasive Neisseria meningitidis infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the New York City (NYC) area since 2010.
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On January 28th 2012 a porpoise carcass found by a rescue team affiliated with a marine mammal facility underwent a necropsy at a small room in a university facility within 24 hours.
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A 23-year-old woman with a past medical history of childhood asthma presented to our emergency room with cough, fever, chills and recent 5 lb. weight loss.
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Conceding that the effectiveness of risk-based hepatitis C virus testing has plateaued, public health officials are rolling the dashboard dice to capture the grand-daddy of all birth cohorts: Baby Boomers.
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As the nation faces the largest outbreak of pertussis in 50 years, the rate of vaccination of health care workers languishes at about 20%.
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This influenza immunization season may be one of the most challenging for the nation's hospitals as they face a new requirement to track every employee, licensed practitioner, student and volunteer.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appears to be taking a step back from its recent emphasis on injection safety issues in ambulatory care and surgical settings (ASCs), though noting that some 3,200 inspections done in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 "found that deficient infection control practices are widespread in ASCs," according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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David MZ, Medvedev S, Hohmann SF, et al. Increasing burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus hospitalizations at US Academic Medical Centers 2003-2008. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33:782-9.