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Hand hygiene linked to reduced ICU health care–associated infections
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
A hospital-wide infection control program appeared to be associated with improved outcomes, mortality in the ICU...
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Barriers loom for HCV care in young people who inject drugs
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
HCV-infected young people who inject drugs face unique barriers to HCV testing, counseling, and treatment....
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Fewer groin infections with closed incision negative pressure therapy after vascular surgery
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
Closed incision negative pressure therapy reduced surgical site infections after vascular surgery for peripheral...
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Model finds spontaneous HCV clearance higher than previous estimates
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
A new model of HCV-infected persons shows that up to 40% clear their infection spontaneously, higher than...
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Witnessed overdose, HCV infection associated with greater opioid overdose risk
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
The presence of HCV infection was associated with a nearly threefold increase in opioid overdose risk.
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AHA: Chagas disease and its heart effects have come to the U.S.
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
Chagas disease and its related cardiomyopathy are spreading to nonendemic areas and doctors should be aware of...
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Open AAA and peripheral bypass surgery patients among the highest users of post-acute care
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
There is significant variation in use of PAC and rates of home discharge following complex cardiac, abdominal,...
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Zika virus vaccine trial launches
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
The first-in-human trial of an experimental live, attenuated Zika virus vaccine is underway.
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Vascular training for general surgery residents continues downward trend
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
Operative experience in open arterial vascular surgery procedures for general surgery residents has...
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CDC supports Ebola response in DRC
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
The CDC is coordinating with the Democratic Republic of the Congo on a new Ebola outbreak in North Kivu province...
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Barriers loom for HCV care in young people who inject drugs
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
HCV-infected young people who inject drugs face unique barriers to HCV testing, counseling, and treatment....
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Genetic composition of HCV changes with HIV coinfection
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
Marked differences were seen in HCV hypervariable region 1 when comparing HIV-coinfected with HCV-monoinfected...
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World off track for meeting 2020 HIV prevention, mortality goals
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
New HIV infections declined by 18% in the past 7 years, but this is not quick enough to reach the 2020 target...
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Real-time microarrays can simultaneously detect HCV and HIV-1, -2 infections
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
HBV, HCV, and HIV coinfections can be detected simultaneously using real-time TAC microarrays.
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FDA: Krintafel approved as ‘radical cure’ for preventing malaria relapse
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
The FDA has approved single-dose tafenoquine (to be marketed as Krintafel) for the prevention of relapse in patients receiving appropriate...