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A patient with group A streptococcal respiratory and soft tissue infection was the source of an outbreak involving 24 health care workers.
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Helicobacter pylori is an exceedingly common inhabitant of the human stomach. The discovery of its role in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease was revolutionary, but many questions remain about this organism and an appropriate medical approach to its presence.
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Skin affected by atopic dermatitis fails to express antimicrobial peptides, possibly accounting for the almost universal presence of S aureus in these lesions.
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Adjunctive therapy with dexamethosone, initiated immediately before or with the first dose of antibiotic, significantly improved outcomes in adults with pneumococcal meningitis.
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In this feature, brief items, primarily gleaned from abstracts or articles in journals and other resources not commonly perused by most US
infectious disease physicians, will be presented, usually without comment.
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Passage through the human gastrointestinal tract enhances the infectiousness of Vibrio cholerae.
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The CDC has published a new set of recommendations aimed at preventing health care-associated infections by optimizing hand hygiene in health care personnel. The following is a summary of some of those recommendations, selected because of their strength and/or novelty.
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The excess risk of Achilles tendon disorders attributable to fluoroquinolone use was estimated to be 3.2 cases per 1000 patient-years, with most of that increase accounted for by patients 60 years of age and older who concomitantly receive corticosteroids.