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SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Dengue Virus Infections in Infants
- February 24, 2010
- Mary E. Wilson, MD
- Infectious Diseases
In a dengue-endemic area, the incidence of dengue infection exceeded 10% in infants aged 2–15 months; illness was generally mild or asymptomatic.
- Reviewing:
- Capeding RZ et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2010 Feb; 82:330
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Single-Dose Therapy for Visceral LeishmaniasisFree
- February 10, 2010
- Larry M. Baddour, MD
- Infectious Diseases
A single infusion of liposomal amphotericin B was not inferior to a 15-dose regimen of amphotericin B deoxycholate.
- Reviewing:
- Sundar S et al. N Engl J Med 2010 Feb 11; 362:504
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Advances in Preventing Surgical-Site InfectionsFree
- January 6, 2010
- Daniel J. Diekema, MD, MS
- Infectious Diseases
Preoperative cleansing with chlorhexidine-alcohol (rather than povidone-iodine), and detecting and decolonizing Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriers, were each found to reduce the infection rate.
- Reviewing:
- Darouiche RO et al. N Engl J Med 2010 Jan 7; 362:18
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Role of PVL in Skin Infection
- December 16, 2009
- Larry M. Baddour, MD
- Infectious Diseases
The amount of Panton-Valentine leukocidin produced by strains of Staphylococcus aureus may be critical in the development of skin infection.
- Reviewing:
- Varshney AK et al. J Infect Dis 2010 Jan 1; 201:92
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Epidemiology of Severe Skin and Skin-Structure Infections
- November 25, 2009
- Richard T. Ellison III, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Among patients hospitalized with such infections at a St. Louis teaching hospital in 2006 and 2007, most cases were healthcare associated.
- Reviewing:
- Zilberberg MD et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2009 Dec; 30:1203
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I as a Small-Fiber Neuropathy
- December 15, 2009
- Robert J. Schwartzman, MD
- Neurology
A review of evidence that supports this often-overlooked pathology as a cause of CRPS I
- Reviewing:
- Oaklander AL and Fields HL. Ann Neurol 2009 Jun; 65:629
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Pain Control in Newborn InfantsFree
- December 16, 2009
- Howard Bauchner, MD
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Skin-to-skin contact plus 25% oral dextrose is the most effective procedural pain control in newborns.
- Reviewing:
- Chermont AG et al. Pediatrics 2009 Dec; 124:e1101
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Bait and Switch — Vaccinia Infection from Animal Rabies Vaccine
- November 18, 2009
- Stephen G. Baum, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Contact with liquid vaccinia-rabies glycoprotein recombinant virus vaccine, used to prevent rabies spread among animals, caused vaccinia infection in an immunocompromised woman.
- Reviewing:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009 Nov 6; 58:1204
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Genetic Susceptibility to Fungal Infections
- October 28, 2009
- Thomas Glück, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Immunologic and genetic studies in patients with chronic Candida infections revealed the critical roles played by the β-glucan receptor dectin-1 pathway and interleukin-17 release.
- Reviewing:
- Ferwerda B et al. N Engl J Med 2009 Oct 29; 361:1760
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections of the Cheek
- November 4, 2009
- Robert S. Baltimore, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Researchers describe a series of seven children with such infections. Recovery took many months, and clarithromycin did not seem to hasten resolution.
- Reviewing:
- Haimi-Cohen Y et al. J Pediatr 2009 Nov; 155:746
