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    Hand hygiene linked to reduced ICU health care–associated infections

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: August 28, 2018

    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

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: August 23, 2018

    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

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: August 22, 2018

    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

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: August 22, 2018

    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

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: August 22, 2018

    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.

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: August 20, 2018

    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

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: August 17, 2018

    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

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: August 16, 2018

    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

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: August 16, 2018

    Operative experience in open arterial vascular surgery procedures for general surgery residents has...

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    CDC supports Ebola response in DRC

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: August 14, 2018

    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
    Publish date: August 8, 2018

    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

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: August 7, 2018

    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

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: July 26, 2018

    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

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: July 25, 2018

    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

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    Mark S. Lesney
    Publish date: July 23, 2018

    The FDA has approved single-dose tafenoquine (to be marketed as Krintafel) for the prevention of relapse in patients receiving appropriate...

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