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Malaria remains a serious threat to both tourists and deployed military personnel. Areas once thought to be relatively risk free may later be associated with transmission of malaria, requiring public health vigilance and regular updating of prophylaxis recommendations.
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Hydrocortisone administration to patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia was associated with improved oxygenation, radiographic clearing, hospital length-of-stay, and patient survival.
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Invasive aspergillosis among neutropenic patients could be reliably diagnosed using a commercial test Fungitell to detect the cell wall component (1->3)-ß-D-glucan of certain fungi, including Aspergillus. However, diagnosis was more accurate when both (1->3)-ß-D-glucan and galactomannan were detected.
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A 46-year-old male presented to a San Jose, California, hospital emergency department with with bilateral diplopia dysphagia, dysphonia, and weakness of his proximal arms. He had been seen in several other medical care facilities over the previous days without diagnosis. The patient regularly self-injected with black tar heroin and had been doing so for 8 years.
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The Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Neutropenia; Is It Hot In Here?; Homeopathy vs Conventional Medicine; FDA Actions
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The Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Neutropenia; Is It Hot In Here?; Homeopathy vs Conventional Medicine; FDA Actions
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