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Is Expedited Partner Therapy for STIs Legal in Your State?
- Women's Health
- Summary and Comment
- Free
EPT was determined to be legally permissible in 12 jurisdictions and probably prohibited in 13.
- By Diane E. Judge, APN/CNP
- March 20, 2008
- Covering Am J Public Health 2008 Feb
Am I Passing MRSA to My Patients?
- Emergency Medicine
- Summary and Comment
- Free
A literature review finds that healthcare workers play a role in MRSA transmission, and the authors make screening recommendations.
- By Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP
- April 18, 2008
- Covering Lancet Infect Dis 2008 May
Trichomoniasis — Just Another Nuisance?
- Women's Health
- Summary and Comment
- Subscription required
The common STI, trichomoniasis vaginalis, could have considerable consequences.
- By Anna Wald, MD, MPH
- April 17, 2008
- Covering J Infect Dis 2008 Feb 15
Trends in MRSA Carriage in the U.S.
- Infectious Diseases
- Summary and Comment
- Subscription required
The prevalence of nasal colonization is increasing.
- By Daniel J. Diekema, MD, MS
- April 23, 2008
- Covering J Infect Dis 2008 May 1
Rapid Screening for MDR-TB
- Infectious Diseases
- Summary and Comment
- Free
A molecular probe was 
99% sensitive and specific for multidrug TB resistance, compared with standard drug-susceptibility testing; results were available in 1 to 2 days.
- By Neil M. Ampel, MD
- April 23, 2008
- Covering Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008 Apr 1
TB by Transplant
- Infectious Diseases
- Summary and Comment
- Subscription required
TB was transmitted from a donor with unrecognized infection to two organ recipients.
- By Stephen G. Baum, MD
- April 16, 2008
- Covering MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2008 Apr 4
HPV Carriage Rates Are Lower in Circumcised Men
- General Medicine
- Summary and Comment
- Subscription required
The difference appears due to lower rates of oncogenic types.
- By Abigail Zuger, MD
- April 10, 2008
- Covering J Infect Dis 2008 Mar 15
Respiratory Viral Infections in HIV-Infected Patients
- Infectious Diseases
- Summary and Comment
- Subscription required
PCR testing of BAL specimens revealed respiratory viruses in nearly 20% of HIV-infected patients with suspected respiratory opportunistic infections.
- By Rajesh T. Gandhi, MD
- April 2, 2008
- Covering AIDS 2008 Mar 30
STIs in Teenage Girls: Still a Hidden Epidemic
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- News in Context
- Free
One fourth of U.S. teenage girls tested positive for at least one STI.
- By Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, FAAP
- April 2, 2008
Universal Surveillance for MRSA — Does It Help?
- Infectious Diseases
- Summary and Comment
- Free
Surveillance involving all admitted patients, and the infection-control measures thus triggered, significantly decreased MRSA infection rates during hospitalization and for 30 days after discharge.
- By Stephen G. Baum, MD
- March 26, 2008
- Covering Ann Intern Med 2008 Mar 18