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A tripla ® is a branded, combination once-daily tablet recommended as first-line anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for HIV in the United States (containing tenofovir-emtricitabine-efavirenz).
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Patients with cancer in general, but particularly those with hematologic malignancies, are at increased risk for infectious diseases, some of which are preventable by vaccination.
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In the January 2013 issue of Infectious Disease Alert the initial reports of a novel coronavirus were reviewed.1 These included 5 cases (including 3 deaths) from Saudi Arabia, two cases from Qatar and two cases (both fatal) from Jordan.
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Lu et al prospectively studied 165 patients with culture-confirmed (bronchoalveolar lavage samples), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by either Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Acinetobacter baumannii. Antibiotic therapy was based on antibiotic sensitivity.
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The distress felt by patients with recurring bouts of Clostridium difficile diarrhea is so acute that they welcome the opportunity to accept another’s feces to bring them back to baseline.
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The emergence of resistance in Enterobacteriaceae to ertapenem, imipenem, meropenem, and doripenem due to the production of a carbapenemase is occurring in two primary enzyme groups.
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Acute bronchitis inflammation of the large airways presenting with cough is one of the most common diagnoses seen in primary care. Usually caused by viral infections, it is self-limited and antibiotics generally are not recommended.
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A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the impact of different activity levels on the risk of developing metabolic syndrome on a large random sample of the Danish population found that higher activity levels were associated with a decreased risk of developing metabolic syndrome over the 10-year follow-up period.
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A pooled analysis of data from six prospective cohort studies found that more leisure time physical activity was associated with a reduced risk of mortality and increased life expectancy beyond age 40. Associations were found at all levels of body mass index.