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The national epidemic of Clostridium difficile is moving into the pediatric population, causing infections in children that prolong hospitalizations, increase morbidity and spell a striking increase in the risk of death.
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When it comes to MRSA infection control in the chaotic emergency department (ED), enhanced attention to standard precautions and hand hygiene is a more cost-effective approach than active screening cultures, researchers report.
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More health care workers responded to this season's push for influenza vaccination by rolling up their sleeves and getting the vaccine.
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In the H1N1 influenza A pandemic, many infected health care workers failed to wear personal protective equipment. They became sick after caring for infected patients. In addition, they were infected after socializing with co-workers who came to work sick.
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In areas of limited maternal care across Africa, obstructed labor leads to stillbirth and necrosis of maternal tissues.
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On December 11, 2009, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) began an investigation into two secondary cases of meningococcal disease following occupational exposure to an unconscious adult.
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Only limited data are available regarding the epidemiology of infectious diseases that occur among traveling health care workers (HCWs) or medical researchers.
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Anisakis simplex and Pseudoterranova decipiens cause most human anisakidosis. The term anisakidosis refers to a dead-end human disease caused by ingestions of any such larvae.
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In this issue: Statins and liver function; dosing timing for thyroxine; rivaroxaban foÿ
