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Eight hundred and forty-seven patients with peritonsillar abscess admitted to the ENT service at Aarhus University hospitals from 2001-2006 were included in this retrospective study.
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Fifty consecutive patients from a large HIV clinic in Montreal, who presented with febrile respiratory symptoms (temperature > 38° C and one or more respiratory symptom) from November 2003-April 2006, were recruited for this prospective study.
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Warfarin, the most common vitamin K antagonist in clinical use, consists of two optically active isomers, the R and S enantiomers.
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Eighty children with PCR-documented pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus infection were admitted to Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego during a 30-day period in October 2009.
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Leishmaniasis, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus, is well-established in the Mediterranean region of Europe, and visceral leishmaniasis has become a particular danger to AIDS patients in that area.
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In this issue: FDA is reviewing safety of TZDs; SSRI use with tamoxifen; Metformin smells like fish; FDA Actions.
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Vector-borne diseases remain a danger in the United States, a problem highlighted by recent studies in Arizona and Texas. Reisenman et al detected DNA of Trypanosoma cruzi in 68 of 164 (41.5%) triatomine insects (kissing bugs) collected in Tucson, AZ.
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Yellow fever vaccine (YFV) is a live, attenuated viral vaccine that is manufactured using a variety of strains of YF virus. Milder side effects of YFV occur in 2%-10% of people (headache, muscle aches, and fever) within 3 to 9 days of vaccination.
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CDC investigators analyzed 15 years of surveillance data of culture-confirmed cases of tuberculosis from the 50 states and the District of Columbia, identifying 201,399 with isoniazid- and rifampin-susceptibility results.
