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Staphylococcus aureus causes 25% of nosocomial infections and is the most frequent cause of surgical site infections. The organism can be found colonized on the skin and nasopharynx and is transmitted via person-to-person contact or through inhalation of the organism.
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Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is an acute life-threatening condition, with an incidence of one to six cases per 1 million person-years. SJS occurs most often in otherwise healthy children and young adults; males are at higher risk than females.
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Observations of those patients recovering from Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Vietnam and Thailand who developed a discrete neurological syndrome led to a prospective study, which described the clinical features and associations of postmalarial neurological syndrome (PMNS).
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Use of veterinary vaccines has decreased disease and illness in animals, but inadvertent human exposure to these vaccines, in particular live vaccines, actually has the potential to cause human infections and illness.
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A returning traveler from West Africa developed falciparum malaria, which was treated with the combination agent atovaquone/proguanil.
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The patient was a previously healthy 5-year-old girl who had returned 3 days prior to admission from a 1-month stay in Senegal, West Africa, after visiting relatives. She had stayed in a suburban area and eaten local foods.
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An unusual manifestation of dengue fever serves as a warning about its potential ocular complications.
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