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Efficacy of Higher-dose Oseltamivir in Adults with Influenza A and B
In a prospective, open-label, intervention study conducted over four influenza seasons, higher dose oseltamivir compared to standard dose produced no additional benefits in patients with influenza A infection. -
Sudden Unexpected Cardiac Death from Lyme Disease
Many more cases of Lyme carditis may go unrecognized -
Updates by Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP
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Stanford offers WEB Course in Antibiotic Stewardship
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CDC issues Health Advisory Alert on Chikungunya Virus Infections
As this issue went to press, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory notice to public health officials and clinicians on recognizing, managing, and reporting chikungunya virus infections in travelers returning from the Caribbean. -
Hospital: No patient deaths linked to CRE outbreak
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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). -
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. -
OK, this may really be the stuff of nightmares
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As CRE increases don't forget CDC toolkit