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The biochemical analysis of pericardial fluid is often done routinely, but there is little data on its value. Thus, these investigators from Israel retrospectively analyzed all pericardiocentesis patients over a 9-year period by chart review and phone calls.
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GlaxoSmithKline's rosiglitazone (Avandia) will receive a black box warning by the FDA because of concerns over heart failure associated with use of the drug.
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Brown and colleagues evaluated the most efficient means of microbiological diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients.
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Since shortly after the return of the first U.S. casualties wounded in Iraq in early 2003 to the United States, significant numbers of infections due to often multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter species have been observed in these patients shortly after arriving back in tertiary care military hospitals in the continental U.S. (CONUS).
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Over the last 15 years increased understanding of the complicated process of HIV attachment and entry into host cells has developed.
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This was a retrospective small case control study that looked at 115 HTLV-1 infected patients from the state of Bahia in Northeastern Brazil who were originally found to be HTLV-1 infected at the time of blood donation and were later followed in a special clinic.
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Aspirin, Higher Doses No More Effective, Risky; Subclinical Hypothyroidism Treatment Benefits; FDA approvals
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The immune response to HIV exerts a selective pressure, just as do antiretroviral drugs. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) that recognize HLA class I-restricted viral epitopes expressed on the surface of infected cells exert a pressure on these epitopes.
