Infectious Diseases
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FDA Panel Backs Cobas HPV Test as Primary Screening Tool
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Do Antibiotics Contribute to Pediatric C difficile Infection Rate?
Major Finding: Seventy-one percent of 944 pediatric C. difficile infections were community associated with the highest incidence among 1-year-old...
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Potential ‘Functional Cure’ for AIDS?
Major finding: Three of 12 HIV-positive patients treated with modified autologous T cells had viral load reductions between 0.8 and 1.9 log10...
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New Drugs Trump Interferon in HCV Therapy
Major finding: In a phase II study 100% of treatment naive patients with hepatitis C genotype 1 had an SVR12 with once-daily combination pill....
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Pediatric Appendicitis Outcomes Similar for Ultrasound/MRI and CT Imaging
Major finding: Among 265 pediatric patients with suspected appendicitis primarily imaged with CT and 397 primarily imaged with ultrasonography and...
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HHS Proposes New Targets for HAI Reduction
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Curb Vaccine-preventable Diseases in Patients with Diabetes
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Drug Combo Effective in Resistant Hepatitis C
Major finding: A total of 98% of patients with chronic HCV 1 and 91% of those with chronic HCV 2 or 3 achieved a sustained virologic response on...