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Sexual Distancing vs. Access to Care During COVID; Zoonosis in Federal Service Dogs; Echinococcus in Saskatchewan
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Chronic Q fever is a frequent and potentially lethal complication of acute infection that may first be diagnosed a decade afterward.
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A six-week course of antibiotic therapy was “not noninferior” to a 12-week course in patients with prosthetic joint infection, at least in those who had undergone debridement and implant retention.
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For children with acute vomiting (but not diarrhea), rapid rectal swab testing for bacterial and viral pathogens has potential for helping clinicians confirm a diagnosis of gastroenteritis and, thus, avoid unnecessary evaluation for other diagnoses.
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The diagnosis of malaria depends on detection of the parasite, but the spleen is where the money is.
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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of adults aged 18 years and older found that adjunctive daptomycin did not shorten the duration of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia compared to monotherapy with an antistaphylococcal beta-lactam antibiotic.
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The need for hospitalization because of COVID-19 is significantly less in adolescents than in older age groups, but nearly one-third of those hospitalized require intensive care unit admission.
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Plaintiffs expected to challenge ruling in ongoing saga over Houston facility’s policy.
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Sore throats are common! Being able to differentiate low-acuity self-limited infections from those processes that may result in sepsis or life-threatening airway compromise is critical. The author, in this two-part article, reviews the range of pathologies that may present with a sore throat.
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The FDA has approved a new treatment for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, a rare, life-threatening blood disease.
