Infectious Diseases
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Two-step UTI screening cuts catheterization rate in half
After implementation of a quality improvement initiative to more effectively screen febrile children for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in the...
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Case of colistin-resistant E. coli identified in the United States
In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the United States, researchers identified a female patient with colistin-resistant...
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Invasive group A strep infection in the U.S. remains substantial
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FDA warns against routine fluoroquinolone use
The FDA has issued a warning against the routine prescribing of fluoroquinolone antibiotics to patients with sinusitis, bronchitis, and...
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Astrovirus MLB2 may cause CNS infection in immunocompromised patients
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CDC: Zika virus urine testing preferable to serum
New data showing that Zika virus can be found at higher levels or for longer duration in urine than serum, has prompted the CDC to update its...
Practice Economics
Patients with HAIs have more readmissions, higher mortality rates
Patients with a health care-acquired infection had a larger proportion of readmissions, greater associated costs, and higher mortality rates...
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First EDition: News for and about the practice of emergency medicine
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CDC reports hundreds of Zika virus cases in Puerto Rico
Since the beginning of the Zika virus outbreak in November 2015, Puerto Rico has had 683 cases of virus that have been laboratory-confirmed or...
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Two Ebola vaccines effective, safe in phase I trials
Two Ebola vaccines were found safe and effective in separate international phase I trials, according to two reports in the New England Journal of...
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The perils of hospital air
Hospital air is a potential route of transmission of beta-lactam–resistant bacteria (BLRB), which are important causative agents of nosocomial...