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Ten of 19 members of an Israeli tour group chose to swim in the high-altitude fresh water of a crater lake in western Uganda. All 10 (and none of the 9 non-swimmers in the group) developed acute schistosomiasis with headache (10 of 10), fever (9 of 10), eosinophilia (9 of 10), and cough (8 of 10) three to seven weeks after the exposure.
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In a prospective, open-label, intervention study conducted over four influenza seasons, higher dose oseltamivir compared to standard dose produced no additional benefits in patients with influenza A infection.
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Many more cases of Lyme carditis may go unrecognized
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As this issue went to press, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory notice to public health officials and clinicians on recognizing, managing, and reporting chikungunya virus infections in travelers returning from the Caribbean.
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In a shrinking global village it seems a pathogen emerging anywhere is soon a threat everywhere, but public health officials are not conceding victory to the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) variety of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE).
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An upper endoscopy procedure performed on some half million patients annually in the U.S. may pose risk for transmission of the emerging New Delhi variety of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) even if current cleaning and high level disinfection protocols are followed.
