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Chikungunya Closer to Home
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As CRE increases don't forget CDC toolkit
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OK, this may really be the stuff of nightmares
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CRE endoscope outbreak raises troubling questions about reprocessing, emerging New Delhi enzyme
An upper endoscopy procedure performed on some half million patients annually in the U.S. may pose risk for transmission of the emerging New Delhi variety of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) even if current cleaning and high level disinfection protocols are followed. -
CDC still hopeful NDM threat can be contained
In a shrinking global village it seems a pathogen emerging anywhere is soon a threat everywhere, but public health officials are not conceding victory to the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) variety of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). -
Hospital: No patient deaths linked to CRE outbreak
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Hospital Infection Control & Prevention - Full February 2014 Issue in PDF
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
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Arboviruses and Pacific Islands: Zika in Polynesia, Chikungunya in Micronesia, Dengue in Melanesia
Arbovirus infections, including Zika, are currently a prominent cause of febrile illness in Pacific Islands nations. -
Calcium-Channel Blocker-Clarithromycin Drug Interactions and Kidney Injury
In a retrospective cohort study, elderly patients who were prescribed calcium-channel blockers (CCBs) with clarithromycin were at increased risk for developing acute kidney injury.