Infectious Diseases
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Alcohol Use Disorders Up Death Risk for Inpatients With Infections
Major Finding: Having an AUD was found to be an independent predictor of increased mortality in patients with health care–associated infections (...
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Probiotic Treatment Halved Recurrent UTI Risk
Major Finding: Recurrent culture-confirmed UTI occurred in 7 of 48 women (15%) receiving Lactin-V, compared with 13 of 48 (27%) receiving placebo....
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Interventions to Reduce MRSA Have Conflicting Results
Major Finding: One intervention to reduce hospital-associated MRSA infections did improve safety procedures but failed to decrease transmission,...
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Four-Drug Fixed-Dose Combo for TB Found Noninferior
Major Finding: The proportion of unfavorable outcomes was 6.1% in patients taking a four-drug combination tablet (rifampin, isoniazid,...
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Topical Suffocants Effective for Resistant Head Lice
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Stomach, Esophageal Cancer Risks Increased in AIDS Patients
Major Finding: The overall risks of stomach and esophageal malignancies were 6.9-fold and 2.7-fold higher, respectively, in people with AIDS than...
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C. difficile Colitis Hikes Hospital Costs
Major Finding: Mean hospital costs per admission were $22,094 for patients with CDC vs. $10,865 for those without.Data Source: Database analysis...
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Study of Human Parechovirus in U.S. Finds 7% Prevalence
Major Finding: Of 780 enterovirus RNA–negative CSF samples taken during 2006-2008, RT-PCR detected HPeV in 2% of 218 samples from 2006, 17% of 320...