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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

FDA approves antibacterial combo drug, Avycaz

Posted on: 26/02/2015 - 22:58

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the antibacterial drug ceftazidime- avibactam (Avycaz) on Feb. 25 for complicated intra-abdominal infect... 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

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

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

FDA warns of potentially fatal skin reaction with ziprasidone

Posted on: 11/12/2014 - 20:09

The Food and Drug Administration is warning that the atypical antipsychotic ziprasidone (Geodon) may be associated with a rare but potentially fatal skin reaction. The agency issued <a...

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

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