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A group of experts recently convened in San Francisco for a special discussion on the changing epidemiology of Clostridium difficile.
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Hospitalized patients with severe C. difficile-associated diarrhea were more likely to recover if they received vancomycin rather than the antibiotic metronidazole, which is typically the first-line therapy, an epidemiologist reports.
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The number of medical procedures performed in physician offices, clinics and other ambulatory care settings continues to increase, but these settings still operate with little regulatory oversight and there are few "drivers" to improve infection control and patient safety, experts warn.
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The death of a healthy woman due to community-associated Clostridium difficile underscores the ominously changing epidemiology of a pathogen rarely noted for causing serious infections beyond the hospital.
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The investigators enticed 14 male surgeons and 16 male physicians (internal medicine and sub-specialists) to submit recent photographs of themselves to the investigators and to indicate how tall they were.
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Herbal Supplements to Treat Vasomotor Symptoms; Bisphosphonates to Treat LBD, After 5 Years?; FDA Actions
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Ravdin and colleagues from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center reported a 7% decrease (14,000 fewer cases) in the incidence of breast cancer in 9 regions of the U.S. in 2003.
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Lyytinen and colleagues from Helsinki reported the results of a cohort study assessing the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal Finnish women using oral, transdermal, and vaginal estrogen products containing either estradiol or estriol.
