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Elevated troponin i is a nonspecific finding, but suggests a poor prognosis regardless of its cause.
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Ceftobiprole, a novel broad-spectrum cephalosporin with activity against MRSA, was non-inferior to vancomycin plus ceftazidime in a study of complicated skin and skin-structure infections. This is the first β-lactam with reliable activity against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to be evaluated in advanced-stage clinical trials.
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Randomized studies of neuroprotective agents for ischemic stroke have resulted in a series of failures, as multiple agents, promising in animal models, have failed when applied to human subjects. By contrast, intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has been somewhat a "neglected stepsister" when compared to ischemic stroke; it has been studied minimally, despite its high morbidity and mortality.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigators considered several other theories before concluding that improper needle practices and reuse of single-dose vials of propofol likely caused a recent HCV outbreak among patients at a Las Vegas endoscopy clinic.
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An aging population and the emergence of a hypervirulent strain are combining to make Clostridium difficile disease a killer. Hospitalizations and deaths from C. diff-associated disease (CDAD) are on the rise in the United States.
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For the first time, a newly proposed guidance puts a number and a cost to the respirators needed to protect health care workers during an influenza pandemic: 480 respirators at a cost of about $240 to protect a single employee, or a single reusable elastomeric respirator with three filters at a cost of $40 per employee.
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A disturbing number of cases of pneumonia caused by staph infections resulted in death among young, otherwise healthy patients during the 2006-2007 flu season, with more than three-quarters caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), researchers found.
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With a matching vaccine not expected to be available for at least five months if and when pandemic influenza hits, hospitals should stockpile flu antivirals to protect their health care workers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommends in recently issued draft guidance.
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If hospitals nationwide followed draft recommendations to stockpile flu antivirals to protect health care workers against an influenza pandemic more than 100 million antiviral regimens would be required, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
