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Greenfield RH. Adminstration of high-dose vitamin D to prevent fractures. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(7):84.
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Detection of central venous catheter thrombosis by ultrasound may provide an early warning system for the presence of catheter-related infection.
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PDAs may soon become indispensable to ID physicians.
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Ring wearing by health care workers increases the frequency of hand contamination with nosocomial pathogens and decreases the efficacy of all types of hand hygiene studied, included alcohol-based hand rub.
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Treatment of pulmonary M xenopi infection with isoniazid and rifampin, with or without ethambutol, appeared to be only modestly effective.
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An Oral Agent for Smallpox?; Diagnostic Testing for SARS; Itraconazole Prophylaxis in CGD
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The first outbreak of human monkeypox infection in North America has resulted from exposure to infected prairie dogs.
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A patient receiving the SSRI citalopram developed fatal serotonin syndrome after beginning therapy with linezolid for MRSA infection.
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A study of pleconaril in infants with enterovirus meningitis showed good oral availability, but the limited virus shedding and benign course of enterovirus meningitis in infants precluded identifying virological or clinical benefit.
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Neither adding a single dose of ceftriaxone to a 10-day course of doxycycline nor extending the duration of doxycycline therapy to 20 days is better than a straightforward 10-day course of oral doxycycline in the treatment of patients with erythema migrans.
