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Extrapolating from epidemiological data, Watson and colleagues estimate that 1 in 300-500 travelers are asplenic.
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The following is a brief and selected overview of presentations at Focus on Fungal Infections 13 in Maui, Hawaii, March 19-21, 2003.
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Oregons Assisted Suicide Program; HIV Accelerates HCV Fibrosis; Fuzeon (T-20) Goes Forward
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Comparison of 2 meropenem dosing regimens, 500 mg q 6 h and 1000 mg q 8h, found that the resultant pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics were equivalent.
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The following is an overview of some presentations at the annual meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
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rhIL-11 given orally to neutropenic rats experimentally infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa appears to preserve the integrity of gut epithelia while resulting in fewer pathologic changes, lower levels of endotoxin and numbers of bacteria in the tissues, and longer survival. Recombinant human interleukin 11 (rhIL-11) administration was associated with a reduction in a variety of infectious complications, including bacterium due to Gram-negative bacilli originating from the gut among patients given intensive chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies.
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Infection of transjugular intrahepatic shunt devices is caused by a variety of bacteria, mostly of gastrointestinal origin. Inability to remove the device without hepatic transplantation makes management of the infection difficult.
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A focused-education program was associated with a dramatic reduction in the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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Adefovir dipivoxil, 10 mg p.o. daily, is safe and effective in the treatment of chronic hepatitis due to HBV, regardless of the presence or absence of HBeAg, and it did not select resistant mutants after 48 weeks of administration.
