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Clinicians who send samples to the 95% of U.S. laboratories that test for Clostridium difficile infection using an enzyme-immunoassay (EIA) for toxins A and B are often frustrated by a negative laboratory result that doesn't fit their clinical impression or their olfactory suspicions.
Central line-associated infections, particularly bloodstream infections (BSI), remain a huge issue in our technological age.
Outpatients with uncomplicated seasonal influenza were treated with single doses of IV peramivir 300 mg/kg, 600 mg/kg, or placebo. Peramivir significantly reduced the time to alleviation of symptoms at both doses compared with placebo. Peramivir was well-tolerated, and side effects were comparable to placebo.