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Gillison and colleagues examined the prevalence of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in civilian non-institutionalized individuals 14 69 years of age in the U.S. by conducting a cross-sectional study as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
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Labial HSV is a remarkably common infection, and is now believed to infect ~70% of the population in the U.S.. Many of these people have only an infrequent outbreak or are unaware of their latent infection.
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In this issue: New treatment for prostate cancer; avastin and breast cancer; new CMS disclosure rule; and FDA actions.
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To examine the association between being placed in contact isolation and delirium, Day and colleagues at the University of Maryland Medical Center reviewed administrative data on all patients admitted during a 2-year period ending in 2009.
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The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in urinary pathogens has led Hooton and colleagues to examine the efficacy of a relatively broad spectrum orally administered cephalosporin in the treatment of uncomplicated cystitis.
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Garbutt and colleagues performed a randomized placebo controlled trial designed to evaluate the efficacy of antibiotic therapy in patients with a clinical diagnosis of acute rhinosinusitis at 10 primary care practices in St. Louis.
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The concern regarding influenza infection is high in cancer patients since the rate of infection is considerably higher and mortality is four times greater than in the general population.
