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Infection control professionals throughout the country are being urged to participate in an unprecedented national prevalence survey this month as part of a long-range goal to eradicate the scourge of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections.
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States that pass laws requiring universal active surveillance cultures for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may saddle some small, community hospitals with a practice that is not cost-effective, according to ongoing research in an upstate New York hospital group.
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A wicked combination of crude surveillance systems, outdated patient risk assessments and increasing demand for infection rate data could ultimately lead to denial of care for high-risk surgical patients, a leading surgeon warns.
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It appears the old adage in pediatric medicine "children are not little adults" holds true for anthrax infection. The limited data available on children with anthrax suggest that their clinical presentation may differ from adults with anthrax.
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A total of 2084 men from two Framingham Heart Study cohorts had endogenous levels of total serum estrogen, testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) measured.
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A retrospective review of patient records representing preventive healthcare visits of women aged 50-69 revealed that gynecologists are more likely than family physicians or internists to follow breast cancer screening guidelines.
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Treatment of Parkinson's disease with dopamine agonist medications may precipitate impulse-control disorders such as compulsive gambling, buying, and hypersexuality.
