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Sudden Unexpected Cardiac Death from Lyme Disease
Many more cases of Lyme carditis may go unrecognized -
Efficacy of Higher-dose Oseltamivir in Adults with Influenza A and B
In a prospective, open-label, intervention study conducted over four influenza seasons, higher dose oseltamivir compared to standard dose produced no additional benefits in patients with influenza A infection. -
Schistosomiasis in Returned Travelers
Ten of 19 members of an Israeli tour group chose to swim in the high-altitude fresh water of a crater lake in western Uganda. All 10 (and none of the 9 non-swimmers in the group) developed acute schistosomiasis with headache (10 of 10), fever (9 of 10), eosinophilia (9 of 10), and cough (8 of 10) three to seven weeks after the exposure. -
Great Expectations Dashed: Results of another HIV Vaccine Study Disappoint
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Chikungunya Closer to Home
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As CRE increases don't forget CDC toolkit
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OK, this may really be the stuff of nightmares
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CRE endoscope outbreak raises troubling questions about reprocessing, emerging New Delhi enzyme
An upper endoscopy procedure performed on some half million patients annually in the U.S. may pose risk for transmission of the emerging New Delhi variety of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) even if current cleaning and high level disinfection protocols are followed. -
CDC still hopeful NDM threat can be contained
In a shrinking global village it seems a pathogen emerging anywhere is soon a threat everywhere, but public health officials are not conceding victory to the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) variety of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). -
Hospital: No patient deaths linked to CRE outbreak