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C. difficile risk linked to antibiotic use in prior hospital bed occupant
Inpatients are at increased risk for <i>Clostridium difficile</i> infection if the previous occupant of their hospital bed received...
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Lyme disease spirochete helps babesiosis gain a foothold
BOSTON – The spirochete that causes Lyme disease in humans may be helping to escalate the rate of human babesiosis cases in regions where both are...
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Levosimendan does not reduce organ dysfunction risk in sepsis
The calcium-sensitizing drug levosimendan does not reduce the likelihood of severe organ dysfunction in adults with sepsis or lower the mortality...
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Most children with JIA get different diagnosis as adults
Two-thirds of children diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis are classified later as having a different form of arthritis as adults, with...