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Two recent studies have found that concomitant use of prescription medications and dietary supplements is common.
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Daily intake of a single strain probiotic supplement (Bl-04) was associated with a decreased risk of UTRIs in healthy adults.
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Consuming probiotics may have a modest effect on blood pressure (BP),
especially in persons with BP > 130/85 mmHG and when taken for ¡Ý 8 weeks as multistrain product at a potency of ¡Ý 1011 colony forming units per day.
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Approximately half of blood cultures taken from febrile infants with bacteremia turn positive within 15 hours of sampling.
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A prospective case series that included patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection found that treatment with tapered antibiotic therapy and the probiotic drink kefir resulted in a clinical cure of 84% (21 out of 25 patients).
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A series of biosafety breaches in federal labs working with highly pathogenic agents has created a rift in the research community, with some calling for a moratorium until safety can be assured and other scientists arguing that this important work should continue with appropriate precautions to prepare for pandemics and bioterror attacks.
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As the first cases of Ebola ever treated in the U.S. were recently admitted to a special containment unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, clinicians and public health officials continued to reassure a jittery public that infection control measures would prevent transmission and contain the virus.
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A 58-year-old woman from Southern Australia with a history of medically-managed liver abscess eight months prior to admission and recurrent urinary tract infections presented to our hospital with two weeks of fever and right upper quadrant.
