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CDC Protocols Cut Dialysis Infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 ...read more

Antimicrobial Resistance

The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics and similar drugs—called antimicrobials—is considered a major public health threat by the Food and Drug ...read more

Clostridium difficile

This report explores the essentials of Clostridium difficile, one of the most problematic pathogens facing healthcare institutions today. It provides ...read more

Clostridium difficile

Infection Control Today reports on the prevalence of Clostridium difficile, including hospitals' efforts to prevent and control this ...read more

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Infection Control Today - 11/2001: One Nation, Indivisible

One Nation, Indivisible "Sometimes on the way to your dreams you get lost and find a better one." --Anonymous The past two months have seemed like a dream--a very bad one at that. From the terror that shook this nation on September 11th to the small acts of ...More
November 1, 2001
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New AIDS Drug Receives FDA Approval

WASHINGTON, DC-A new nucleotide analog has been passed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an attempt to help the current list of anti-viral AIDS drugs. Viread, manufactured by Gilead Sciences of Foster City, Calif., was created to help fight against the rapidly ...More
October 30, 2001
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Glaxo Wants to Make Smallpox, Anthrax Vaccines

WASHINTON, DC-Just days after Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson called out to pharmaceutical companies to make necessary vaccines in the wake of the Sept. 11 tragedies, British-owned GlaxoSmith Kline has announced they will accept the challenge. The ...More
October 30, 2001
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Syphilis Rates Soar in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif-Homosexual and bisexual men who have unprotected intercourse with multiple partners are falling ill with syphilis. In San Francisco, more than 116 people have been infected this year, compared to 71 in 2000 and 47 in 1999. Of those who have reportedly ...More
October 29, 2001
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Gay Men in San Francisco Face Shigella Outbreak

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif-Shigella sonnei, a member of the shigella bacteria family, is infecting young gay men at an alarming rate. The bacterium is responsible for causing bloody diarrhea and is being transmitted sexually. Analyzing the data of 230 confirmed cases in the San ...More
October 29, 2001
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Vanguard Medical Concepts Inc. Teams with RoundTable Healthcare Partners

LAKELAND, Fl-Vanguard medical Concepts, Inc. has announced that it has received a multimillion-dollar investment fro RoundTable Healthcare Partners-a private equity buyout firm focused on companies in healthcare. RoundTable will provide industry relationships and resources ...More
October 26, 2001
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Montana Pharmaceutical Pleads Guilty in Methamphetamine Case

HELENA, Mt-Officials from Spectrum International Inc., were the subjects of a four-year investigation by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) concerning pharmaceuticals the company was selling that were being used to make ...More
October 26, 2001
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Two Salmonella Genomes Mapped

NEW YORK-Salmonellosis, a bacterial infection caused by salmonella, can haunt everyone from an infection control practitioner trying to pinpoint an outbreak to a restaurant owner trying to eliminate potential food poisoning disaster. New research has mapped two genomes of ...More
October 25, 2001
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Radiotherapy Aids Rectal Cancer Patients

LONDON-A new study published in The Lancet reports rectal cancer patients who undergo radiotherapy have less of a risk of local recurring cancer. They are also less likely to die from rectal cancer than other patients who chose to not have radiation therapy. The study, ...More
October 25, 2001
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Indian Pharmaceutical Companies Prepared To Provide Generic Cipro

BOMBAY-Since the Sept. 11 attacks on the US, the demand for the Bayer antibiotic Cipro has skyrocketed. As the only US-approved treatment for exposure to the deadly bacterium anthrax, the demand for the drug has been overwhelming. Pharmaceutical companies in India, however, ...More
October 25, 2001
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