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It has been hypothesized that the cord colitis syndrome, a complication of umbilical-cord hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation, is infectious in origin.
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Fluconazole during pregnancy, does lower dose lower risk?; ID consultants lower mortality and cost of hospital stay; Antiphospholipid Syndrome masquerading as infection
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The prevailing theory of Clostridium difficile transmission is that most cases occur after recent exposure to symptomatic patients in health care settings.
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As a result of the shutdown of the federal government, approximately 9000 of the 14,000 CDC employees were placed on furlough. On October 8th, however, 30 of the furloughed employees were recalled to assist in the response to an epidemic of Salmonella Heidelberg infections.
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A mathematical model of three Tdap vaccination strategies supported the authors' conclusion that pregnancy vaccination is an economically efficient method to substantially reduce infant pertussis morbidity and mortality.
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Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD
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Medications for Risk Reduction of Breast Cancer in Women
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On October 4, 2013, the Mexican government reported that 79 cases of cholera, a disease that had been absent from the country for more than a decade, had been identified in the country.
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A total of 147 outbreak-related cases of listeriosis were identified in 28 states. Epidemiologic study confirmed that whole cantaloupe produced by a single Colorado farm was the outbreak source.