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2016 Update on infectious disease
Recent studies offer new data on treatments for surgical-site infections after cesarean delivery, postpartum endometritis, and chlamydia infection...
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What insect repellents are safe during pregnancy?
Physicians have requested information about which insect repellents to recommend to help pregnant women avoid Zika and other mosquito-born...
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Zika virus: Counseling considerations for this emerging perinatal threat
Zika virus infection, although typically mild and often asymptomatic, can have serious consequences in pregnancy. As the pandemic rapidly spreads...
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Which is the more effective treatment for uncomplicated skin infections—clindamycin or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole?
The drugs are equally effective from a clinical perspective, according to this multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical trial...
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Does a high-dose influenza vaccine protect older adults to a greater extent than the standard-dose vaccine?
Yes, it does, among people aged 65 years or older, according to this phase IIIb-IV, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, active controlled trial...
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5 ways to reduce infection risk during pregnancy
Which infections affect women more adversely during pregnancy, and how can risk of exposure to these infections be diminished?
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Is azithromycin a good alternative to erythromycin for PPROM prophylaxis?
Yes. There were no significant differences in time from preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) to labor onset, adverse drug effects, and...
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2014 Update on infectious disease
Treating acute cystitis effectively the first time, and more clinical guidance on preventing, identifying, and managing infection
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UPDATE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE
New data elucidate the risk of recurrence for chorioamnionitis, explore the utility of azithromycin as treatment for chorioamnionitis, question...
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UPDATE: INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Here is a practical look at 1 year’s advances in managing disseminated gonococcal disease, infection associated with cesarean delivery,...
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UPDATE: INFECTIOUS DISEASE
The focus here is twofold: dealing with H1N1 influenza in vulnerable populations and taking up strategies to prevent postoperative infection in...
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
New data shed light on preventing cytomegalovirus infection and wound complications, and reveal a disturbing picture of Clostridium-related...
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
How to respond to a CMV diagnosis in pregnancy; worries over methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection in and out of pregnancy; more on HPV...
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
CMV vaccine…Outpatient PID therapy…C-section healing in the obese…2 useful antibiotics now unavailable