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Linezolid is an oxazolidinone agent that has been shown to be effective for the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE).
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Due to heightened surveillance of acute febrile illness in China, a severe illness associated with thrombocytopenia and multi-system organ involvement was recognized beginning in 2009.
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Exposure to coccidioidomycosis in the laboratory can represent a significant hazard, resulting in serious and even fatal infection. In particular, opening culture plates in the lab, without appropriate precautions, can result in the aerosolization of artificially large numbers of arthroconodia.
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In this issue: Anticholinergic drugs for COPD; pioglitazone for diabetes prevention; insulin degludec in Phase 3 trials; and FDA Actions.
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The latest iteration of the CDC guidelines on the treatment of STDs was finally published at the end of 2010 after finishing a process that began in 2008.
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A group of investigators in France undertook an exhaustive review of bedbugs and found evidence of them in the tombs of Egypt 3,500 years ago.
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Even HIV-infected individuals who have the greatest challenges in adhering to their antiretroviral therapy (ART) can achieve high adherence on a regimen of one pill taken daily, research shows.
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Two hundred patients from 6 months to 18 years of age with uncomplicated purulent SSTIs not requiring hospitalization were enrolled from 2006 through 2009.
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Two separate, cross-sectional studies involving 6,843 and 9,668 children 6-13 years of age in South Germany randomly compared children living on farms with reference groups for the prevalence of asthma relative to the exposure to and diversity of indoor microorganisms.
