Infectious Diseases
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CDC Panel Backs Tdap Vaccination During Every Pregnancy
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AAP: Organic Food Not Essential for Kids' Health
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Intervention Halves Off-Guideline Antibiotic Use in Children
Major Finding: There was a greater reduction in the rate of off-guideline prescribing of antibiotics for acute respiratory tract infections in the...
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Even Simple Exanthems Warrant Thorough Evaluation
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Higher MI Mortality in Hospitalized HIV Patients
Major Finding: Hospitalized patients who develop acute MI are 53% more likely to die if they are HIV infected.Data Source: Results were taken from...
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Study Spotlights Benefits of School-Based Flu Shots
Major Finding: Rates of influenza were significantly lower in elementary schools that offered on-site flu shots, compared with schools that did...
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Study Spotlights Long-Term Burden of Influenza in Children
Major Finding: Of children in the United States who died from influenza over an 8-year period, 43% had no high-risk medical conditions.Data Source...
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Shades of SARS? New Virus Took Root in Pneumonia Patient
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Don't Screen, Clean: MRSA Rates Slashed by ICU Scrub Down
Major Finding: Universal decolonization with chlorhexidine and mupirocin in adult intensive care units led to a 37% reduced risk of a methicillin-...
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Bedside Tools to ID Severe C. difficile Fall Short
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Rapid Tests Accurate in First-Line HCV Screening
Major Finding: Blood-based point-of-care tests for hepatitis C virus have the highest sensitivity for screening at 98.9%, with specificity ranging...