Infectious Diseases
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Antibiotic-related illness in U.S. tops 2 million annually
Major finding: Annually, 23,000 Americans die after contracting antibiotic-resistant infections.Data source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
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Stats show MRSA declining, especially in hospitals
Major Finding: The estimated national rate of invasive MRSA infections declined 31% since 2005, with hospital-onset cases dropping 54%, health...
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Dexamethasone improves outcomes for infants with bronchiolitis, atopy history
Major finding: Infants with bronchiolitis who had a family history of atopy who received dexamethasone added to salbutamol were discharged...
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Hypertonic saline a washout in bronchiolitis
Major finding: Median length of stay was 2.2 days with hypertonic saline and 2.0 days with normal saline (P = .65).Data source: A prospective,...
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Biweekly 5-fluorouracil cream beat back cervical neoplasia
Major finding: CIN 2 regressed in 96% of women treated with 2 g of intravaginal 5-fluorouracil every 2 weeks for 16 weeks; disease regressed in 57...
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Dalbavancin stands up to severe skin infections
Major finding: The proportion of patients with severe acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections who took dalbavancin and achieved the...
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Hospital Clostridium difficile cases nearly doubled during 2000s
Major finding: The incidence of C. difficile infection in U.S. hospitals increased from 4.5 cases/1,000 hospitalizations in 2001 to 8.2 cases/1,...
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Low, high dose vancomycin equally effective in C. difficile
Major finding:). A study that compared oral vancomycin 125 mg q.i.d. with 250 mg or higher q.i.d.
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Single-dose oritavancin shows efficacy against skin infections
Major finding: A single 1,200-mg dose of intravenous oritavancin was noninferior to 7-10 days of IV vancomycin for acute bacterial skin and skin...
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Pertussis vaccination rate highest in Mississippi for 2012-2013
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High-dose intravaginal metronidazole/miconazole may help BV
Major finding: A twice-weekly vaginal suppository containing 750 mg of metronidazole and 200 mg of miconazole kept 9 of 10 women in BV remission...