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The 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation clarify previous recommendations for anticoagulation to prevent other thromboembolic events.
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ACE inhibitors are associated with a reduced risk of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, unlike other antihypertensive agents. Randomised trials of ACE inhibitors for prevention of aortic rupture might be warranted.
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Within the past few months, gatifloxacin (Tequin®) has received some attention in the medical community due to reports of serious hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia.
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This paper presents the results of a retrospective cohort analysis from the Mayo Clinic of 79 patients with bacterial spine infection who underwent baseline and follow-up imaging studies with MRI.
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At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, laboratory-based surveillance of coagulase-negative staphylococci found that 4% were linezolid resistant. MIC's to linezolid were generally > 256 ug/mL; the isolates were all susceptible to vancomycin and daptomycin.
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Seybolt and colleagues performed a retrospective analysis of refugees seen as part of a 2-visit health evaluation at Boston Medical Center from October 1998 through May 2002.
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Over 63,000 healthy infants from 11 latin american countries and Finland were randomized to receive either 2 oral doses of a live, attenuated human rotavirus vaccine or placebo at 2 and 4 months of age.
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Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic which was initially approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of complicated skin and skin-skin structure infections in September 2003.
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The introduction of therapy animals and pets in the health care setting has created unique opportunities and challenges for infection control personnelproblems that DiSalvo and colleagues point out can be blurred by confusion between various animal programs.
