In the H1N1 influenza A pandemic, many infected health care workers failed to wear personal protective equipment. They became sick after caring for infected patients. In addition, they were infected after socializing with co-workers who came to work sick.
Two cases were reported in this paper. the first case was a 52-year-old wildlife biologist who went deer hunting in Virginia in November 2008.
As reported here in 2003, the World Bank began funding a project to train giant pouched Gambian rats to sniff out tuberculosis (TB) in sputum specimens in sub-Saharan Africa. Rats have been successfully trained to target landmines, and using a similar training/reward technique, pilot data suggested that rats could be trained to detect TB in respiratory specimens.
In this issue: Statins and liver function; dosing timing for thyroxine; rivaroxaban for VTE, DVT, and stroke; echinacea and the common cold; and FDA actions.
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the efficacy of oral amoxicillin-clavulanate treatment (40 mg amoxicillin + 5.7 mg clavulanate/kg/day divided into 2 daily doses for 7 days) of acute otitis media was conducted among children 6-35 months of age in Finland.
In intensive-care units, death attributable to infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria, especially Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii species, is a common occurrence.
A prospective study from November 2001 through October 2005 in Israel collected nasopharyngeal wash specimens from children < 5 years who were diagnosed with community-acquired alveolar pneumonia.
Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) in females is a common and distressing clinical problem.
These authors examined the use of antimicrobials for skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI), comparing the presentation, complications, microbial results and outcomes of adults hospitalized at Denver Health Medical Center.
