September 20th 2024
FluMist is the first influenza vaccine that does not have to be given by a health care professional.
ICAAC: Day-Care Safer Thanks To Vaccines
September 20th 2007This MedPage Today video features senior staff writer Michael Smith sitting down with Larry Pickering, M.D., an infectious diseases specialist at the CDC, and Janet Englund, M.D., of the University of Washington in Seattle, to discuss America?s day-care centers and how new vaccines attribute to a safer environment.
ICAAC: Integrase Inhibitor Effective for HIV Patients with Multi-drug Resistant Disease
September 18th 2007CHICAGO -- The investigative integrase inhibitor raltegravir (Isentress) can suppress the viral load to undetectable levels in at least half of HIV patients with virus resistant to three drug classes, researchers said here.
Intracapsular Tonsillectomy Cuts Bleeding and Pain
September 17th 2007WILMINGTON, Del. -- Tonsillectomy that leaves a layer of tissue covering the throat muscles may cause fewer complications than traditional tonsillectomy, but a small percentage of patients may need to go back to surgery to finish the job.
MRSA Prevalence Higher Than Expected
September 15th 2007Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection may be significantly more widespread than previously thought. Investigators analyzed data from more than 1200 county, public, and private health care facilities across the country, including centers for acute care, cancer, cardiac care, pediatric care, rehabilitation, and long-term care.
S. Aureus in Stool Increases Contamination Risk for Hospitalized Patients
September 13th 2007CLEVELAND -- Staphylococcus aureus in the contents of the bedpan increases the risk that the bacteria will contaminate hospital bedrails, as well as skin and other environmental surfaces, researchers here said.
What is really causing this woman's asthma exacerbation?
September 1st 2007A 43-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with complaints of severe dyspnea, wheezing, and cough productive of white sputum. She had received a diagnosis of asthma 3 years earlier, based on symptoms of wheezing and cough. Since then, her drug regimen has included intermittent use of albuterol.