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The emergence of chronic wasting disease, a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in North American cervids, raises concern about potential transmission to humans, as has occurred elsewhere with bovine spongiform encephalopathy and vCJD.
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A clonal outbreak of a newly identified organism, Clostridium neonatale, occurred in association with necrotizing enterocolitis in a neonatal ICU.
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Murine typhus is an unusual infection and probably often overlooked. Outbreaks occur when there is migration of rats and mice into residential areas.
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This study compared the efficacy of several commercially available insect repellents. The topical application of compounds containing DEET was far more protective against mosquito bites than was application of products containing soybean oil or citronella.
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Orlistat in Overweight Patients with Type 2 Diabetes; Sleep Attacks in Patients Taking Dopamine Agonists; Probiotics in Prevention of AAD; Botulinum Toxin for Wrist and Finger Spasticity; Exercise in People with Fibromyalgia; Risk of Diabetes Among Patients with Schizophrenia
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A protease-inhibitor-based regimen containing lopinavir-ritonavir provided more durable antiviral efficacy than a similar regimen containing nelfinavir in treatment-naïve HIV-infected patients.
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The first article summarizes the practical aspects of choosing an antibiotic in a patient with a reported drug allergy. The second describes the presence of K103 resistant virus in CSF but not in plasma.
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Infection control professionals in the vast majority of hospitals in the country are expected to be offered smallpox vaccine as part of a new pre-attack bioterrorism response plan to vaccinate some 510,000 health care workers.
