Infectious Diseases
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HIV Is Independent Risk Factor for Arterial Inflammation
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Small Changes Yield Big Bang for Chlamydia Screening Buck
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Don't Be Daunted By Comprehensive CAP Guidelines
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HPV Coverage Low Among U.S. Servicewomen
Major Finding: Of 270,257 active servicewoman who were eligible for vaccination between January 2006 and June 2011, only 60,807 (22.5%) initiated...
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Many Children Still Not Receiving Appropriate Pneumococcal Vaccination
Major Finding: Of 110 patients diagnosed with invasive pneumococcal disease secondary to serotypes unique to PCV13 in the year after the vaccine...
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'Decline' in Pneumonia Reflects Changes in Diagnostic Coding
Major Finding: The pneumonia hospitalization rate declined 27% and inpatient pneumonia mortality dropped 28% from 2003 to 2009, but the...
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Oral Fluoroquinolones May Raise Risk of Retinal Detachment
Major Finding: Current users of fluoroquinolones have a 4.5-fold higher risk of developing retinal detachment than do nonusers; an estimated 1,440...
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Dengue Underreported in U.S. Travelers
Major Finding: Between 2005 and 2010, 1,697 laboratory-positive cases of dengue infection were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Gonorrhea Continues to Outsmart Antibiotics
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Children Most Vulnerable to Breakthrough Hepatitis B Identified
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Antiretroviral Switch Linked to Drop in Bone Density
Major Finding: Patients who switched from zidovudine-lamivudine to tenofovir-emtricitabine had a significant 2% reduction in bone mineral density...