Infectious Diseases
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Rising gonorrhea incidence links to higher resistance
Major finding: As ciprofloxacin resistance in U.S. gonorrhea isolates rose from 0 to 10%, gonorrhea incidence rose by 7%.Data source: CDC analysis...
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Prevention: Probiotics cut C. difficile risk
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Don’t bother with blood cultures for uncomplicated pediatric SSTIs
Major finding: No positive blood cultures appeared in children hospitalized with uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infections, vs.
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PCR reveals multiple pathogens in onychomyosis
Major finding: PCR is twice as effective as culture for the identification of pathogens causing onychomycosis. Data source: Single-center study...
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Meningococcal vaccine now approved for infants, toddlers
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Triple therapy underutilized in HCV
Major finding: From a cohort of nearly 500 hepatitis C patients, 91 (18.7%) were started on triple therapy.Data source: A retrospective, 1-year,...
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New estimates show lack of progress in liver mortality
Major finding: An updated definition of liver-related mortality shows that death rates are unchanged over 30 years: 23.9 per 100,000 persons for...
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‘HCC-4 risk score’ IDs hepatitis C patients likely to develop HCC
Major finding: The annual incidence of HCC was 0.06% in the group designated as low risk, 0.5% in the group designated as medium risk, and 2.6% in...