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Data From Last Year’s Fatal Flu Season Show Areas of Weakness
In breaking down the numbers of the deadly 2017-2018 flu season, a jarring juxtaposition emerges. While about 90% of the record 80,000 deaths were in people over age 65, staff in long-term facilities had the lowest vaccination rate among any healthcare group. -
Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Tuberculosis Transmission From NAAT-negative Patients; Worldwide Rabies Risk: Dogs; Patients Need to Rethink the ‘Quality’ in Healthcare
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Plazomicin (Zemdri)
Plazomicin is an aminoglycoside recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating complicated urinary tract infections.
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Here Comes the Sun — And Here Comes Coccidioidomycosis
Another occupational outbreak of coccidioidomycosis in solar farm workers in an endemic area points to the continued risk and the difficulty of preventing such occurrences.
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In Patients Who Self-catheterize, Antibiotic Prophylaxis Prevents UTIs but Increases Antibiotic Resistance
A randomized, open-label, superiority trial found that daily antibiotic prophylaxis for patients who use clean, intermittent self-catheterization reduced symptomatic urinary tract infections by 48% over a 12-month period. Antibiotic resistance became prevalent in urinary isolates from the group receiving prophylaxis compared to controls.
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Childhood Diarrhea Varies Geographically Within Africa
Each year, 30 million preschool-aged children still get sick with diarrhea and 330,000 die. Most diarrheal illness and death is concentrated in a few high-risk areas, including parts of Benin, Lesotho, Mali, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Targeting preventive and therapeutic interventions in areas of risk could markedly reduce morbidity and mortality.
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Migalastat (Galafold) Capsules
Migalastat is indicated for the treatment of adults with confirmed diagnosis of Fabry disease and an amenable galactosidase alpha gene variant based on in vitro assay data.
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Poor Sleep Can Lead to Accelerated Atherosclerosis
New data provide further support for the importance of sleep in the optimization of medical outcomes.
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Coffee Consumption and Mortality
After rigorous evaluation using multiple statistics, an inverse relationship between coffee intake and all-cause mortality was demonstrated consistently across the racial/ethnic groups examined.
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Can Hormone Therapy Prevent the Development of a ‘Dowager’s Hump’?
Postmenopausal hormone therapy may reduce the risk of developing age-related hyperkyphosis, commonly known as a “Dowager’s hump.” Such therapy may provide long-term benefits.