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A 44-year old woman with a history of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) who recently completed a third-cycle of consolidation chemotherapy with idarubicin and cytarabine presented with fever and abdominal pain.
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Bedaquiline (a unique diarylquinoline) was studied vs. placebo in a prospective randomized trial when added to a standard 5-drug regimen in the treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis. Treatment with bedaquiline when added to a preferred background for 24 weeks resulted in significantly more and faster culture conversion than placebo.
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Pharyngitis is a very common infection resulting in more than 6 million annual office visits by adults in the United States. The ability to distinguish pharyngitis caused by group A streptococci (GAS) from other etiologies (e.g. viruses) is important because untreated GAS can have serious consequences including peritonsillar abscess and rheumatic fever.
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The healthcare system in Liberia has had to go through a complete reboot after every single hospital in the city of Monrovia closed down to be decontaminated with bleach water as a result of Ebola cases landing in emergency rooms, outpatient clinics and medical wards
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A preliminary report from Missouri suggests that enterovirus 68 is responsible for a large outbreak of respiratory disease in children. Typically, there is a rapid onset of respiratory symptoms with wheezing, and intensive care is required for about 15% of affected patients.
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Women in Texas face hurdles when it comes to getting long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods following cuts to the state family planning budget by the 2011 Texas State Legislature.
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Research findings indicate that brief telephone counseling sustained long-term impact from a sexually transmitted infections/HIV intervention program among African American female adolescents.
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The North American Menopause Society and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health have developed and endorsed the term “genitourinary syndrome of menopause” (GSM) to define “a collection of symptoms and signs associated with a decrease in estrogen and other sex steroids involving changes to the labia majora/minora, clitoris, vestibule/introitus, vagina, urethra and bladder.”
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Research findings from the Contraceptive CHOICE Project, a St. Louis prospective cohort study, examined the short-term bleeding and cramping patterns of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods and the impact on method satisfaction.