Candida albicans and some other Candida species elaborate coagulase and might be confused with Staphylococcus aureus.
A 3-day course of oral prednisolone for treatment of bronchiolitis in children aged 6-35 months decreased the median duration of symptoms and hospitalization and the need for additional asthma medications.
A 10-day treatment course of albendazole and dexamethasone for patients with seizures and neurocysticercosis with viable cysts significantly reduced the incidence of subsequent seizures.
Both clinical disease and sputum colonization due to Mycobacterium avium complex were traced to the potable water system of a large public hospital.
The following summary of selected abstracts from 3 meetings will be published in multiple parts. The 43rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) met in Chicago September 14-17, 2003. The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) met in San Diego October 9-12, 2003.
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