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Indiana HIV outbreak prompts national advisory

Posted on: 24/04/2015 - 20:41

As health officials continue to battle an intravenous drug use–related HIV outbreak in a rural county in Indiana, the Centers for Disease Control an... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

United States experiencing drug-resistant shigellosis outbreak

Posted on: 02/04/2015 - 18:00

The United States is currently experiencing an outbreak of shigellosis caused by a strain of the Shigella sonnei bacteria that is resistant to ciprofl... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Clindamycin, TMP-SMX are equally effective for skin infections

Posted on: 18/03/2015 - 21:00

Clindamycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole are similarly safe and effective for treating uncomplicated skin infections, including both cellulitis a... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

FDA panel recommends two new strains for 2015-2016 influenza vaccines

Posted on: 04/03/2015 - 22:41

SILVER SPRING, MD.– Two components of the trivalent and quadrivalent influenza vaccines used during the current season should be replaced for the 20... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

C. difficile responsible for nearly a half million infections in the United States

Posted on: 25/02/2015 - 22:00

The Clostridium difficile bacterium resulted in nearly 500,000 infections and 29,000 deaths in the United States in 2011, Dr. Fernanda C. Lessa and he... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

C. difficile burden in U.S. documented in 2011 estimates of infections, deaths

Posted on: 25/02/2015 - 22:00

The estimated 453,000 infections and 29,300 deaths caused by Clostridium difficile in the United States in 2011 underline the importance of appropriat... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

FDA panel backs antifungal for invasive aspergillosis, mucormycosis

Posted on: 23/01/2015 - 18:41

SILVER SPRING, MD. – A novel treatment for invasive aspergillosis and invasive mucormycosis gained the support of a Food and Drug Administration adv... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Model could cut CT scans of patients with Crohn’s disease by 43%

Posted on: 01/10/2014 - 08:00

A risk stratification model that determined whether patients with Crohn’s disease needed computed tomography cut scans of these patients in emergency departments by 43%, with a miss rate of only...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

FDA approves oritavancin for skin infections

Posted on: 07/08/2014 - 18:35

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the injectable antibiotic oritavancin (Orbactiv) to treat adults with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections that might be caused by...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Less than 20% report serious disability 13 years after IBD diagnosis

Posted on: 01/08/2014 - 05:01

Only a minority of patients with longstanding inflammatory bowel disease – 19% of those with Crohn’s disease and 11% of those with ulcerative colitis – report having moderate to severe disability,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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