Infectious Diseases
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New Latent TB Therapy Is on the Horizon
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Take-Home Chlamydia Test Raised Rescreening Rates
Major Finding: Significantly more women with a history of chlamydia were rescreened if they used a take-home test instead of returning to a clinic...
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Add Trichomonas vaginalis to STD Screen
Major Finding: The prevalence of T. vaginalis (8.7%) was higher than that of chlamydia (6.7%) and gonorrhea (1.7%).Data Source: Samples from 7,593...
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MSM Sex: Rectal Screenings Catch Gonorrhea
Major Finding: The prevalence of pharyngeal gonorrhea was 4%, the prevalence of rectal gonorrhea was 5%, and the prevalence of gonorrhea in both...
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S. Aureus Vaccine: Top Priority, Big Obstacles
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FDA Approves Scorpion Sting Antidote
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Combination Therapy Can't Beat Bacterial Vaginosis
Major Finding: After 6 months of treatment, the hazard ratio for BV recurrence was 1.09 for the clindamycin group and 1.03 for the probiotic group...
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HIV Rates Stable, but Spike in MSM
Major Finding: The rate of new HIV infections in the United States remained stable overall between 2006 and 2009, but it increased 48% in black...
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Antibiotics Are Often Enough to Treat Complicated Childhood Pneumonia
Major Finding: At 6 months post hospitalization, persistent chest radiographic or spirometric abnormalities were present in only four children.
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Homosexual Activity Plus Meth Increases HIV Risk
Major Finding: Among boys and young men who have sex with men, those who also used methamphetamine were more likely than nonusers to have a...
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Dermatomal rash on a 6-year-old boy
The lesion on his trunk looked like zoster, but the patient had been vaccinated against varicella.