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Despite the relatively frequent and probably increasing prevalence of recurrent bacterial skin infections, particularly furunculosis and cellulitis, there are few established evidence-based guidelines for their therapy and prevention. This review provides a pathophysiological approach to diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of these infections for the practicing physician and his or her patients.
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Counterfeit Procrit Uncovered by FDA Surveillance; Pharmaceutical Marketing Campaigns in Full Swing; Ambulatory Antibiotic Reduction: Take the Good with the Bad; Nefazodone Under Attack Once Again; Lindane Receives Black Box Warning; Aspirin Could Help Reduce Colorectal Adenomas
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Pneumococcal Vaccine Ineffective at CAP Prevention; Flu Vaccine Limits
Hospitalization; Verapamil Not Up To Competition; International
Companies Unite Against SARS; New FDA Comissioner Brings Controversy;
Janssen: Dear Doctor Letter for Risperidone
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West Nile virus was of no concern to residents of North America until the summer of 1999, when it seemingly inexplicably struck in Queens, NY. The approximately 2700 cases of WNV meningoencephalitis reported through 2002 made it the largest such epidemic ever documented anywhere in the world.
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Sleep was more fragmented during ventilation with PSV than A/C in a small group of critically ill patients studied with polysomnography.
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A 3-part intervention (guideline development, computerized order templates, and education) led to an overall 17% reduction in test ordering without a change in clinical outcomes.
