Infectious Diseases
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AGA Clinical Practice Update: Statins are safe, effective, and important for most patients with liver disease and dyslipidemia
With a few exceptions, patients with liver disease should receive lipid-lowering agents at full dose.
FDA/CDC
Fluoroquinolones can cause fatal hypoglycemia, FDA warns
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More than 16% of ED sepsis patients not admitted to hospital
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Norovirus vaccine appears promising in children
MALMO, SWEDEN – High immunogenicity and safety shown in interim analysis of phase 2 trial.
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ACIP votes to recommend new strains for the 2018-2019 flu vaccine
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Additional training may be warranted for clinicians administering DTaP
Track record reveals need to reduce vaccine errors.
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Impact of varicella vaccination on herpes zoster is not what was expected
MALMO, SWEDEN – Real-world data shoot down the exogenous boosting hypothesis.
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Make adult immunization a profit center
NEW ORLEANS – “It is virtually impossible to lose money giving vaccines.”
FDA/CDC
CDC concerned about multidrug-resistant Shigella
if clinicians need to use antibiotics to treat patients who have Shigella infections, they should monitor these patients carefully.
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Shingles hospitalization occurs more often among IBD patients
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease who were hospitalized for a vaccine-preventable infection had twice the rate of shingles as did the...