Infectious Diseases
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Routine Rotavirus Vaccination May Reduce Health Care Costs
Major Finding: Rates of diarrhea-related hospitalizations declined by 33% from 2001-2006 to 2007-2008 (from 52 to 35 per 10,000 person-years) and...
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HPV Vaccine Safe, Effective in Girls with JIA
Major Finding: Mean geometric mean antibodies to two strains of human papilloma virus reached protective levels (5,119 LU/mL for HPV 16 and 2,764...
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Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Rates, Costs Rise
Major Finding: More than 11 million skin and soft tissue infections occur annually in the U.S.
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Metronidazole Equals Vancomycin in C. Diff. Diarrhea
Major Finding: Oral metronidazole was equivalent to oral vancomycin for the treatment of Clostridium difficile diarrhea, regardless of illness...
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Hospital Bloodstream Infections: Intra-Abdominal Sources Most Common
Major Finding: The most common sources of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections were intra-abdominal (35.2%), followed by vascular catheter (20...
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ESRD Linked to Risk for Pneumonia Hospitalization
Major Finding: Patients who were wait-listed for renal transplant, underwent transplantation, and experienced graft loss had 10-, 9-, and 14-fold...
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Doripenem Knocks Out Tough Pediatric Infections
Major Finding: The microbiological cure rate for doripenem among the 75 subjects in whom at least one bacterial pathogen was isolated at baseline...
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Most Children Who Died From Flu Weren't Vaccinated
Major Finding: During the 2010-2011 season, 53 deaths (46%) occurred in children younger than 5 years; 23% of the pediatric deaths from the flu...
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Shorter Telaprevir Regimen Yields Best HCV Outcomes
Major Finding: Twenty-four weeks of response-guided telaprevir-based HCV treatment is as effective as 48 weeks with fewer side effects in...
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Oncovirus Expert: Cattle May Transmit Human Cancers
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Nearly Half of Giardiasis Patients Report Fatigue or IBS at 3 Years
Major Finding: Among people who had acute giardiasis in a 2004 outbreak, 46% reported symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and/or chronic fatigue...