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Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates were collected from children (<14 yrs of age) with community-acquired respiratory tract infections (acute otitis media, community-acquired pneumonia, acute maxillary sinusitis, or acute rhinosinusitis) from 2000-2004 in 112 centers in 38 states.
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The San Francisco Bay area is now home to one of the largest Asian Indian populations in the United States, especially in Silicon Valley, where it is estimated that 40% of the computer programmers are Asian Indian.
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First Antihypertensive Drug Approved in Last 10 Years: Aliskiren; Alternate Treatment for Osteoporosis; Roche's Oseltamivir: Scrutiny, Bird Flu, and New Drug Applications; FDA Actions
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U.S. military personnel in Thailand presenting with the acute onset of diarrhea were randomized to treatment with one of 3 regimens: a single 1 g dose of azithromycin, 500 mg of azithromycin daily for 3 days, or 500 mg levofloxacin daily for 3 days.
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This study from the excellent group at University of California in San Diego had standard population-based HIV genotyping performed on plasma obtained from all antiretroviral (ARV)-naïve patients who received care in publicly funded clinics in San Diego County during the 2005 calendar year.
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A number of retrospective studies have provided evidence that, relative to therapy with semisynthetic penicillins such as nafcillin, vancomycin is inferior in the treatment of bactermic infections due to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).
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This interesting study from Denmark used data from the comprehensive Danish Civil Registration System to examine mortality in siblings of HIV/HCV-coinfected patients, HIV-monoinfected patients, and controls.
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Citalopram Useful for Depression in CDA Patients; When to Stop Anticoagulation Before Surgery?; Drug Warnings: Ranibizumab and Bevacizumab; Growth Hormone Treatment, More Harm Than Good; FDA Actions
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In an open label study, hospitalized adults with MRSA colonization at one or more sites were randomized (3:1) to attempted decolonization or no treatment. Treatment consisted of 7 days of bathing with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate, together with application of 2% mupirocin ointment to the anterior nares 3 times daily and administration of rifampin (300 mg twice daily) and doxycycline (100 mg twice daily).
