MRSA & Lung Treatment

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Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus (MRSA) is a potentially fatal infection resistant to the broad spectrum of antibiotics used to treat infections, according to the Mayo Clinic. Because of the resistance to many drugs, it is difficult to treat. Lung infection from MRSA often happens in hospitals,

Daily Bathing With Chlorhexidine-Based Soap to Prevent MRSA

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Does daily bathing with chlorhexidine-based soap decrease MRSA transmission in the ICU?

One Day Remedy for Yeast Infection

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Yeast infections are caused by a fungus called candida albicans. This type of infection is bothersome, and anyone who has suffered from it knows how desirable instant relief is. There are many over-the-counter products that can be used for a yeast infection, and there are also quite a few home rem

Eschar-associated Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, Bahia, Brazil

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What kind of tick-borne diseases can affect travelers partaking in ecotourist activities?

Bartlett Infectious Diseases Review: April 15, 2004

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Dr. Bartlett reviews the recent articles on cellulitis, monkeypox, influenza, azithromycin for sinusitis, prognostic factors with community-acquired pneumonia, MRSA, & AEDs with smallpox vaccination.

Foot and Mouth Disease and Cryptosporidiosis

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Cryptosporidiosis is an acute diarrheal disease caused by a protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum.

Information on Rabies

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Rabies is a disease of the central nervous system. All mammals are susceptible to contracting the disease. Rabies can be fatal if left untreated.

New Organisms, New Drugs, New Tests, New Guidelines: What Do You Really Need to Know?

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What do infectious disease clinicians need to take away from IDSA? Henry Masur, MD, provides a succinct overview of key clinical data and discussions from this important annual meeting.

What You Should Know About Ebola

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Ebola is a viral hemorrhagic fever, currently spreading in West Africa. It is spread through direct contact with a person (or their body fluids) who is ill with Ebola. Before a patient has symptoms from Ebola, they cannot transmit the infection.

Foodborne Illness Acquired in the US: Major Pathogens

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What are some of the most common types of foodborne illnesses? This article takes an in-depth look at the major pathogens involved.

Severe Strongyloidiasis

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This article reviews the diagnosis and clinical management of strongyloidiasis, a clinically unapparent but fatal hyperinfection.

The Liver

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Population-based Cohort Study of Outpatients With Pneumonia

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What are the short and long-term health outcomes for patients with community acquired pneumonia managed in an outpatient setting?

How to Use Bactrim for Mrsa

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Staph infections are generally a nuisance, creating rashes, boils and other skin conditions, but rarely anything deadly. A new type of staph injection has arisen that is resistant to the common penicillin based antibiotics usually prescribed. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has le

Rapid Identification of Emerging Pathogens: Coronavirus

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These authors describe a new approach for infectious disease surveillance that facilitates rapid identification of known and emerging pathogens.

Antigenic Variation in Vector-Borne Pathogens

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This genetic mechanism, employed by certain bacteria and protozoa, poses a challenge in the development of vaccines against vector-borne pathogens.

Yeast Infection Symptoms in Babies

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According to MedicineNet.com, "Many infants acquire Candida infections from their mothers during the process of birth. Yeast exists naturally in the mother's vagina. When the child is delivered through the birth canal, the baby comes in contact with the yeast." Since babies aren't able to verbalize

Enzootic Transmission of Yellow Fever Virus in Peru

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Yellow fever (YF) is an important reemerging arboviral disease and a cause of severe illness and death in South America and Africa.

Virus

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Definition of virus.

Subtypes of B pertussis

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Genetic diversity decreased over time, and prevalent profiles were more highly related than less common ones.