Infectious diseases
Common food additive makes C. difficile more virulent
FROM NATURE The ability of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 (RT027) to metabolize the sugar ...
Clinical Trial: The Checklist to Prevent MRSA Surgical Site Infections
FROM CLINICALTRIALS.GOV The Checklist to Prevent MRSA Surgical Site Infections study is an interventional ...
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Teens with PID underscreened for HIV, syphilis
REPORTING FROM AAP 2017 CHICAGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Adolescents with pelvic inflammatory disease ...
Risks identified for drug-resistant bacteremia in cirrhosis
FROM THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY In nonwhite patients hospitalized with cirrhosis, biliary involvement, ...
Don’t give up on influenza vaccine
Influenza vaccine needs some help with its image. I suspect most health care providers ...
FDA bans 24 ingredients from OTC health care antiseptic products
Two dozen active ingredients are not generally recognized as safe and effective and may ...
Majority of influenza-related deaths among hospitalized patients occur after discharge
AT IDWEEK 2017 SAN DIEGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Over half of hospitalized, influenza-related ...
FDA approves angiotensin II for shock patients
Angiotensin II has been approved for use in intravenous infusions to increase blood pressure ...
FDA approves raltegravir for newborns at risk for HIV-1 infection
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of raltegravir (Isentress), in combination ...
Chikungunya virus goes undetected despite chronic arthritis in 25% of patients after 20 months
FROM ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY Up to a quarter of patients infected with chikungunya virus ...
Gene mutations tied to viral skin infection in pediatric AD patients
FROM THE ANNALS OF ALLERGY, ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY Filaggrin (FLG) polymorphism appears to be ...
Zika RNA persists in blood components after clearance from plasma
AT AABB17 SAN DIEGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Zika virus can persist in blood ...
Corynebacterium in the gut can trigger Parkinson’s disease
REPORTING FROM ANA 2017 SAN DIEGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – The presence of Corynebacterium ...