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Reported pertussis underestimates true incidence by up to 93-fold
Key clinical point: The annual rate of pertussis in Americans less than 50 years old is up to 93-fold greater than the reported incidence.
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Delayed treatment associated with higher mortality from VRE bloodstream infections
Key clinical point: Among patients with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus bloodstream infections, early initiation of treatment with linezolid or...
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Cefazolin outperforms nafcillin for staphylococcal bacteremia
Key clinical point: The time is nigh for cefazolin to replace nafcillin as first-line therapy for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus...
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Underweight patients showed greater mortality with gram-negative bacteremia
Patients hospitalized for gram-negative bacteremia who weighed more than 70 kg had improved 30-day mortality, compared with those who weighed 70...
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Prolonged sepsis increased inpatient mortality risk
The longer patients have sepsis, the more likely they are to die while in the hospital, a retrospective, single-center study showed.
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PROPPR finds resuscitation strategy had no effect on laparotomy outcomes
Choice of damage control resuscitation – plasma-platelet-red blood cell ratio of either 1:1:1 or 1:1:2 – did not affect whether severely injured...
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EASD: Intranasal glucagon reverses hypoglycemia in children and adolescents
Intranasal administration of a glucagon powder successfully increased blood glucose within 20 minutes of simulated hypoglycemia in a study of...
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ICEID: Data highlight biofilm role in waterborne illness
Emerging biofilm-associated pathogens are overtaking those transmitted by the fecal-oral route as the most-common cause of death from waterborne...
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HIT risk rises with obesity
Higher body mass index is strongly associated with increased rates of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
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Jamestown Canyon virus detected in humans in Minnesota
The Jamestown Canyon virus, a mosquito-borne illness mainly limited to white-tailed deer throughout North America, is emerging as a more frequent...
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VIDEO: FFR-CT could redefine interventional cardiology
Fractional flow reserve–CT reduces need for diagnostic cardiac catheterizations.