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Analysis Finds Minority of Chronic Wounds Treated by Dermatologists
The study also looked at costs, and what antimicrobials were used to treat wounds between 2011 and 2019.
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Gene Tests Could Predict if a Drug Will Work for a Patient
Pharmacogenetics could help physicians determine which patients would and would not benefit from medications.
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Could a Fungal Infection Cause a Future Pandemic?
Fungal infections are generally not passed between individuals and immunocompetence makes most infections unlikely, but multidrug resistance could...
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RSV Infection Raises Risk for Acute Cardiovascular Events
For patients with a preexisting cardiovascular condition, an acute cardiovascular event occurs in every third patient with RSV infection.
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Do You Really Know a UTI When You See It?
"Recent data suggest that UTI may present as a bidirectional continuum from asymptomatic bladder colonization to a symptomatic bladder infection...
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New mRNA Vaccines in Development for Cancer and Infections
Different forms and designations of mRNA vaccines are used, depending on the application and desired effect.
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COVID Vaccines and New-Onset Seizures: New Data
There was no statistically significant difference in risk for seizures among vaccinated individuals vs placebo recipients.
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Revamped Antibiotic May Treat Deadly Eye Infection
The researchers showed that cefiderocol given as eye drops was effective in an experimental model of infection.
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New HIV Infections After Vampire Facials at Unlicensed Spa
Though transmission of HIV by unsterile injection practices is a known risk, this is the first time it has been linked to cosmetic injection...
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Mpox Presentation Compared in Different Racial, Ethnic Groups
Pustules or pseudopustules were the most common morphologic finding in 57.1% of the White non-Hispanic patients and 62.5% of the patients of color...
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In the Story of the Rubella Virus as a Source of Granulomas, the Plot Is Still Thickening
On dermatopathology, these commonly feature a robust granulomatous inflammation with multinucleated giant cells and lymphocytic infiltrate.