Infectious Disease Alert – August 1, 2008
August 1, 2008
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Gardening Can Kill You
As mentioned in the article by Russell et al, a patient was admitted to the hospital in the United Kingdom after a week's febrile respiratory illness; he had previously been in good health. Admission chest radiograph showed many nodules. -
Tuberculosis Screening in Internationally Adopted Children: Test Twice
A cohort of 549 internationally adopted children greater than and equal to" 3 months of age (mean age, 22.9 months; range, 1.2 200 months) was evaluated at Cincinnati Children's Hospital between 1999 and 2004, with a post-adoption health visit within two months (mean, 12 days) after arrival in the United States. -
Femoral vs Jugular Venous Catheterization and Risk of Infection
In France, 750 patients from 12 hospitals participated in a concealed, randomized, multicenter, evaluator-blinded, parallel-group trial (the Cathedia study) conducted between 2004 and 2007. -
Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States
This active, population-based, surveillance study was conducted by the CDC, in collaboration with state health departments and universities in 10 states participating in the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs)/Emerging Infections Program Network. -
Types of Cancer Among HIV-infected Persons
Data on cancer incidence in the HIV-infected population were derived from the CDC-sponsored Adult and Adolescent Spectrum of HIV Disease Project (ASD) conducted in 11 geographic areas, as well as from the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS) conducted in eight US cities. -
The Risk of Infection after Nasal Staphylococcus aureus
Recently, authors from the University of Wisconsin Medical School asked what is the risk of infection associated with nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus. -
Importation of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Over the past several years, Japan has been the chief source of measles importation into the United States. A total of 63 cases of measles were imported to the United States from Japan during the past 22 years. -
MRSA in the United States and Beyond
By 1998, community-acquired (ca) cases appeared among young children and are now widely documented, representing 15%-74% of Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections in US emergency departments. -
Updates By Carol A. Kemper
Reduction of treatment-related toxicities have direct bearing on the decision when to initiate antiretroviral therapy. Clinicians may opt to delay antiretroviral therapy or avoid certain agents because of quality-of-life issues and the risk of treatment-related toxicity. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Bird Flu Vaccine Looks Promising
In This Issue: Baxter Bioscience has developed a whole-virus, two dose vaccine against avian flu; warning label now on antipsychotics regarding an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients treated for dementia-related psychosis; vitamin D for men with heart disease on horizon? A new oral anticoagulant may soon be available for prevention of thrombotic complications of hip or knee surgery; FDA Actions