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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the following basic infection control measures for physician offices:
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Agency conducts 'special emphasis' inspections
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Signaling an increasing risk to staff in physician offices, public health investigators suspect that a fatal infection with community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in a pediatric clinic worker in Nashville, TN, was occupationally acquired, Infection Control for Physician Practices has learned.
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With community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) continuing to emerge nationally, infection control professionals and consultants are educating physician office staff many of whom may not have extensive medical training about the essential elements of infection prevention.
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MRI is more sensitive than CT for detecting acute ischemia and can detect acute hemorrhage with equal sensitivity to CT.
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Several CSF biomarkers, sphingomyelin, sphingomyelinase, ceramide, 4-hydroxynonenal, and vitamin E, are associated with the development of HIV dementia in patients being treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
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Elderly patients with glioblastoma, who are independent in activities of daily living, will have a longer survival with good quality of life if treated with radiotherapy rather than supportive care, alone.
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Intracranial stenting is a promising new technology for secondary stroke prevention, but needs to be studied in a randomized trial against best medical therapy.
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