Infectious Disease Alert – January 1, 2008

January 1, 2008

• Respiratory Viruses: A View of Future Pandemics

  The perception of health care risks motivates behaviors in healthcare workers as well as patients.

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• Antiretroviral Agents and Lipid Profiles of HIV-Positive Patients: Part 2

  Lipid abnormalities can be problematic in HIV-positive patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) due to the risk of premature coronary artery disease developing in susceptible patients.

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• Updates by Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP

  Increasingly, hospitals are being required to make public their surveillance data on hospital-related infections as quality indicators.

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• Pharmacology Watch: FDA Warnings Dominate Pharmaceutical News

  In this issue: FDA warnings for existing drugs dominate pharmaceutical news this month.

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• Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement

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