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In this issue: New reports about proton pump inhibitors and the effects of gastric suppression, pioglitazone vs vitamin E for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, metformin and vitamin B12 deficiency, and FDA Actions.
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Before the 2010 FIFA World Cup competition began, it was anticipated that more than 350,000 visitors, including many from the United States, would descend upon South Africa.
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We have all watched as acinetobacter morphed from an infrequently seen isolate of little clinical consequence to a frightening pathogen. Microbiologists used to recover Acinetobacter lwoffii from vaginal secretions in the days when we thought, incorrectly, that gram-negative rods were pathogens in that site.
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A retrospective cohort study was conducted of all children age birth to five years enrolled at a Department of Defense treatment facility between January 1998 and December 2005, who were diagnosed with bacterial enteritis.
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A two-year prospective cohort study of children less than five years of age presenting with a febrile illness (¡Ý 38.0¡ã C) to a single emergency department in Australia, used a standardized clinical evaluation with a mandatory entry for 40 clinical features between July 1, 2004, and June 30, 2006.
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In this study, 8,402 patients from seven case-control series were examined in this trial. The series included Kenyan children with bacteremia, patients with tuberculosis (TB) in Malawi, Hong Kong, and Gambia, and patients with severe malaria in Gambia, Kenya, and Vietnam. Standard methods for genotyping selected genes in PBMCs were employed.
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Early antibiotic administration was associated with reduced likelihood of death, mechanical ventilation, and readmission (but increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection) among patients hospitalized for acute exacerbations of COPD.
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An analysis of more than 1 million persons in Alberta, Canada, showed that laboratory reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) beginning in 2004 resulted in more referrals to nephrologists, but no apparent improvement in outcomes.
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Patients with dementia and their physicians face the difficult decision to cease driving with little solid evidence to guide them.
