Infectious Diseases
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Immunoglobulin Doesn't Boost HBV Vaccine Prophylaxis in Newborns of Infected Mothers
Major Finding: The addition of hepatitis B immunoglobulin to hepatitis B prophylaxis with the recombinant HBV vaccine does not confer additional...
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Severe Skin Lesions Complicate Anti-TNF Therapy for IBD
Major Finding: Overall, 34% of patients taking anti-TNF-alpha drugs for inflammatory bowel disease discontinued treatment because of severe...
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Hepatitis C Vaccine Elicits Immune Response in Some Patients
Major Finding: The GI-5005 experimental HCV vaccine, when added to standard-of-care therapy, produced a significantly higher sustained virologic...
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CDC: HIV Testing Rates Reached Record High in 2009
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Daily Antiretroviral Prophylaxis Reduced Risk of HIV Infection
Major Finding: Taking a daily pill containing the antiretroviral drugs emtricitabine and tenofovir along with using conventional HIV prevention...
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Assume Skin and Soft Tissue Infection to Be MRSA
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Fecal Transplantation Works for Recurrent C. difficile Infections When Antibiotics Fail
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Isopropyl Alcohol Soak Insufficient to Protect Against Adenovirus
Major Finding: Contaminated ophthalmology equipment spread adenovirus conjunctivitis among NICU newborns; scleral specula and ocular depressors...
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Fluoroquinolone Use May Increase Risk of Severe C. difficile Infection
Major Finding: For CDI patients recently on fluoroquinolones, the odds ratio of being infected by a B1 strain of the pathogen is 3.6 (95% CI, 1.3-...
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Switching TNF Inhibitors Does Not Increase Serious Infection Rate in RA
Major Finding: Rates of first serious infection did not differ significantly in RA patients who stayed on their first TNF inhibitor and patients...
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Minorities Hospitalized for H1N1 Nearly Twice as Often as Whites
Major Finding: Minorities were hospitalized for the H1N1 flu at nearly twice the rates as whites during the 2009-2010 flu season.Data Source:...