Fetal Exposure to Maternal Infection & Lifetime Neuropsychiatric Disease Risk
While evidence increasingly indicates that the pre- and perinatal periods are crucial for lifelong...
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Infectious Disease
CDC: Valley Fever Cases Increased From 2014 to 2017
Most cases reported from Arizona and California; in 2017, incidence in Arizona was 101 per 100,000
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Initiating Empirical Tx for Sepsis Reduces Blood Culture Sensitivity
12 percent difference seen in proportion of positive blood cultures before and after antimicrobial therapy
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High-Risk Antibiotic Use Linked to Hospital-Associated C. Difficile
High-risk antibiotic use independently predicts hospital-related Clostridioides difficile infection
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Men Less Knowledgeable About HPV, HPV Vaccination
Most men and women did not know anal, penile, and oral cancers are caused by HPV
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Scientists Use Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR in Attempt to Cure HIV
Attempt failed, but tool appears precise and safe and holds promise
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HIV Infection May Raise Risk for Atrial Fibrillation
Risk similar to known factors such as hypertension and diabetes
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“We Don’t Get the Flu Vaccine”
As a pediatric intensive care physician who also cares for children in a pediatric urgent care...
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New Strain of S. pyogenes Causing Scarlet Fever in U.K.
New, more toxigenic strain may explain recent increase in scarlet fever activity in England
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Herd Protection Against Oral HPV Infections Seen Among Men
Vaccine-type oral HPV prevalence decreased from 2009-2010 to 2015-2016 among unvaccinated men
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Two More Cases of EEE Virus Confirmed in Massachusetts
36 communities now at critical risk, 42 at high risk, 115 at moderate risk for Eastern equine encephalitis
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ATS Guideline Outlines Lab Tests for Diagnosis of Fungal Infections
Guideline addresses lab testing for diagnosis of fungal infections in pulmonary medicine, critical care
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Proximity to Outbreak May Affect Attitudes in Vaccine Doubters
Vaccine skeptics close to measles outbreak likely to have more positive attitudes toward vaccination
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Decreased Humoral Immunity to Mumps Seen in Young Adults
10 percent of college-aged students vaccinated in childhood had no detectable memory B cells to mumps
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Officials Say New York City Measles Outbreak Over
No new measles cases have been reported in the city since mid-July
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Pediatric Flu Vaccine Guidelines Updated for 2019-20 Season
Any form of licensed, age-appropriate vaccine is acceptable, with no preferred formulation or product
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How Clean Is the Hub?
The following was originally posted by Jasmine Marcelin, MD, to the University of Nebraska Medical...
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FDA Reports Rare Cases of Liver Injury, Failure With Hep C Therapies
Worsening liver functioning, liver failure reported among patients contraindicated for HCV therapies
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WHO: ‘Dramatic Resurgence’ of Measles Occurring in Europe
Four European countries have lost their status as having eliminated measles
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New Anti-CRE Antibiotics Used for 35 Percent of Infections
Ceftazidime-avibactam, meropenem-vaborbactam, plazomicin exceeded IV polymyxins as of Dec. 2018
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