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Four syndromes suggest life-threatening PVL-positive S. aureus infection
MALMO, SWEDEN – Suggested empiric treatment is vancomycin, clindamycin, plus IVIG.
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DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib in infancy maintains lasting immune memory against HBV in teens
MALMO, SWEDEN – “We saw a clear fantastic anamnestic response.” – Tino F. Schwarz, MD.
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People with HIV develop more frailty despite treatment
AMSTERDAM – Middle-aged and elderly people with HIV developed more frailty than did similar uninfected people, and frailty predicted worse...
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Timely culture reports lower LOS for neonatal fever
ATLANTA – Hospital’s procedural changes resulted in no increase in sepsis readmissions.
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Short-course IV antibiotics okay for newborn bacteremic UTI
ATLANTA – There were few recurrences, no meningitis.
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Incident heart failure linked to HIV infection
AMSTERDAM – Medical records from a large U.S. health system suggest that incident heart failure independently links to HIV infection.
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CMS proposes site-neutral payments for hospital outpatient setting
Site-neutral payments could save the government – and patients – money on every visit.
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Reducing risk of febrile convulsion after first dose of MMRV
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Novel HIV vaccine induces durable immune responses
AMSTERDAM – Follow-up of HIV-vaccine recipients 1 year after their final dose in a phase I/IIa trial showed continued safety and anti-HIV...
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HIV infection linked with doubled stroke rate
AMSTERDAM – Data from more than 22 million Taiwan residents showed HIV-infected patients had a doubled stroke rate compared with the general...
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European experts envy U.S. pediatric flu vaccination approach
MALMO, SWEDEN – Yet ACIP’s waffling on FluMist vaccine caused concern abroad.