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Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP
Following reports of the discovery of a strain of totally-drug resistant M. tuberculosis (TDR-TB) infecting 4 individuals in a Mumbai Hospital this month, another hospital in Bangalore may have identified two additional patients infected with an equally resistant strain of MTb. -
Abstract & Commentary: Respiratory infections drive inappropriate antibiotic use in ambulatory pediatrics
A representative analysis of national oral antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory pediatrics was conducted using the National Ambulatory and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys during 20062008 among patients younger than 18 years of age. -
Special Feature: Telaprevir, Boceprevir for HCV: High Cost may warrant 'criteria for use' policies
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) associated liver disease has affected an estimated 180 million people worldwide, and it continues to be the most common indication for liver transplantation. -
Pharmacology Watch: New, Shorter Treatment Regimen for Tuberculosis
Three months of two drugs administered once weekly is as effective as 9 months of daily isoniazid (INH) for the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), according to a new study. -
Alleged patient assaults by docs raise question: What would you do?
Many outpatient surgery managers might think that the situation of a clinician sexually assaulting an incapacitated patient is so unlikely that they don't need to prepare for such an event. However, those managers would be mistaken, according to sources interviewed by Same-Day Surgery. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full October 10, 2011 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full October 24, 2011 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Hospital Medicine Alert - Full May 2014 Issue in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full April 20, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Primary Care Reports - Full May 2014 Issue in PDF