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USPSTF: Screening pregnant women for asymptomatic bacteriuria cuts pyelonephritis risk
But the new recommendations urge clinicians to refrain from testing asymptomatic nonpregnant women and adult men.
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New genotype of S. pyrogenes found in rise of scarlet fever in U.K.
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Can we eradicate malaria by 2050?
A Lancet Commission report details a series of modeled projections that could point the way.
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Disseminated Invasive Candidiasis in an Immunocompetent Host
Health care providers should consider a nonbacterial source as the causative agent for invasive candidiasis infection in immunocompetent patients...
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Favorable Ebola results lead to drug trial termination, new focus
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Treatment Facility: An Important Prognostic Factor for Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma Survival
A National Cancer Database study of on survival outcomes for patients with dedifferentiated
liposarcomas found that insurance status, median...
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Hospital slashes S. aureus vancomycin resistance
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – Staphylococcus aureus resistance to vancomycin is not a one-way street ending in a cliff plunge.
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FDA advisors recommend nintedanib for SSc interstitial lung disease
The positive outcome in nintedanib’s pivotal trial and prior FDA approval for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis swayed panel members.
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POEM outperforms pneumatic dilation in randomized achalasia trial
Higher success rate, but also a higher rate of reflux esophagitis, seen in patients with previously untreated achalasia.