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The addition of CACS to a prediction model based upon the traditional risk factors significantly improved the classification of risk and helped to place more individuals in their appropriate risk categories.
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This subset analysis from a larger prospective, multicenter HIV-HCV coinfection treatment trial found that patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in combination with pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin for HCV were at greater risk for lactic acidosis and hyperlactatemia than those receiving HCV treatment alone.
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A retrospective observational study was conducted on 30 individuals from a possible 49 persons who were treated for schistosomiasis between 2003 and 2008 at Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark.
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In March 2009, 89 active-duty u.s. trainees received yellow fever (YF) vaccination as part of standard preparation for potential travel to sub-Saharan Africa and Central and South America.
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A retrospective cohort study was conducted of infants < 6 months of age hospitalized with urinary tract infections between 1999 and 2004 at 24 children's hospitals in the United States.
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A recent report described a fatal case of community-acquired C. difficile diarrhea (CDAD) in a patient receiving antibiotics for a questionable diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease.
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Nasal carriage of mr-cons was prospectively investigated in 291 adults upon hospital admission.
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Using liquid medium with a commercial air sampler, air was sampled at varying distances from 19 patients admitted to the hospital with Pneumocystis pneumonia. Samples were examined and DNA quantified using a real-time PCR assay targeting the large subunit ribosomal RNA gene.