Medical Student - Infectious Disease News & Articles

61 Unique factors rural veterans affairs hospitals face when implementing health care-associated infection prevention initiatives The Journal of Rural Health, May 24, 2013    Review Article

62 Antifungal therapy and management of complications of cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 24, 2013    Clinical Article

63 Travelers with cutaneous leishmaniasis cured without systemic therapy Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 24, 2013    Clinical Article

64 Lack of association of guillain-barre syndrome with vaccinations Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 24, 2013

65 Is it time to replace vancomycin in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 24, 2013    Clinical Article

66 Readmission following hospitalization for pneumonia: the impact of pneumonia type and its implication for hospitals Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 24, 2013    Review Article

67 Source control review in clinical trials of anti-infective agents in complicated intra-abdominal infections Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 24, 2013    Clinical Article

68 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a pro-viral host factor for hepatitis C virus Hepatology, May 23, 2013    Review Article

69 Syphilis treatment response among HIV-discordant couples in Zambia and Rwanda Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2013    Clinical Article

70 Pregnancy-related group A streptococcal infections: temporal relationships between bacterial acquisition, infection onset, clinical findings, and outcome Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2013    Clinical Article

71 10 x 20 Progress--Development of New Drugs Active Against Gram-Negative Bacilli: An Update From the Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2013    Clinical Article

72 Transfusion-transmitted malaria in Ghana Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2013    Review Article

73 Clinical trial: comparative effectiveness of cephalexin plus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus cephalexin alone for treatment of uncomplicated cellulitis: A randomized controlled trial Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2013    Clinical Article

74 Genotype 4 hepatitis E virus in France: an autochthonous infection with a more severe presentation Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2013    Clinical Article

75 Increasing echinocandin resistance in Candida glabrata: clinical failure correlates with presence of FKS mutations and elevated minimum inhibitory concentrations Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2013    Clinical Article

76 Specific interferon γ detection for the diagnosis of previous Q fever Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2013    Clinical Article

77 Effectiveness of influenza vaccine for preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizations in adults, 2011-2012 influenza season Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2013    Clinical Article

78 A confirmed Ehrlichia ewingii infection likely acquired through platelet transfusion Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2013

79 Markers of intestinal inflammation, not bacterial burden, correlate with clinical outcomes in Clostridium difficile infection Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2013    Clinical Article

80 Treatment of patients with dual hepatitis C and B by peginterferon {alpha} and ribavirin reduced risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and mortality Gut, May 23, 2013    Clinical Article

1 Risks and Benefits Associated With Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Infections: A Cohort Study Annals of Family Medicine, March 22, 2013    Free full text

2 Perceived seriousness of seasonal and A(H1N1) influenzas, attitudes toward vaccination, and vaccine uptake among U.S. adults: Does the source of information matter Preventive Medicine, September 17, 2010

3 Continuous versus intermittent infusions of antibiotics for the treatment of severe acute infections Cochrane Reviews, March 29, 2013    Review Article

4 Attributable mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised prevention studies The Lancet Infectious Diseases, April 26, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

5 Prolonged university outbreak of meningococcal disease associated with a serogroup B strain rarely seen in the US Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 22, 2013    Review Article

6 A composite score combining procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and temperature has a high positive predictive value for the diagnosis of intensive care-acquired infections BMC Infectious Diseases, April 8, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

7 Clinical prediction model to aid emergency doctors managing febrile children at risk of serious bacterial infections: diagnostic study British Medical Journal, April 12, 2013

8 Whole-exome sequencing identifies Coronin-1A deficiency in 3 siblings with immunodeficiency and EBV-associated B-cell lymphoproliferation The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, March 28, 2013    Review Article

9 Shedding of HIV and human herpesviruses in the semen of effectively treated HIV-1 infected men who have sex with men Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 22, 2013

10 Chinese medicinal herbs for influenza Cochrane Reviews, April 11, 2013