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SUMMARY AND COMMENT
More Evidence That Commensal Gut Bacteria Might Affect Autoimmune Disease
- January 12, 2012
- Anthony L. Komaroff, MD
- General Medicine
In a mouse model of multiple sclerosis, absence of gut bacteria prevented the disease from developing.
- Reviewing:
- Berer K et al. Nature 2011 Nov 24; 479:538
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Acid Suppression Linked to Severe Clostridium difficile Infection
- January 17, 2012
- Abigail Zuger, MD
- General Medicine
Prescription use predicted both morbidity and mortality. Interview
- Reviewing:
- Morrison RH et al. Clin Infect Dis 2011 Dec 15; 53:1173
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Nosocomial Measles Outbreak
- February 1, 2012
- Stephen G. Baum, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Measles, contracted in a hospital emergency department, affected both unimmunized and previously vaccinated individuals.
- Reviewing:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2012 Jan 20; 61:30
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Clean Your Scope!
- January 25, 2012
- Richard T. Ellison III, MD
- Infectious Diseases
Stethoscopes can readily transfer both Clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Reviewing:
- Vajravelu RK et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012 Jan; 33:96
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Childhood Dermatomyositis and Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Adulthood
- January 13, 2012
- Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
- Dermatology
Adults with a history of JDM had more evidence of disease than matched controls.
- Reviewing:
- Eimer MJ et al. J Pediatr 2011 Nov; 159:795
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Adolescent Patients Agree with Suicide Screening in the ED
- January 27, 2012
- Katherine Bakes, MD
- Emergency Medicine
Surprisingly, less than half of adolescent ED patients surveyed had previously been asked about suicide.
- Reviewing:
- Ballard ED et al. Pediatr Emerg Care 2012 Jan; 28:34
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Preventing Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease
- January 25, 2012
- Mary E. Wilson, MD
- Infectious Diseases
In a phase IIB/III study conducted among adolescents in Chile, a multicomponent vaccine — 4CMenB — was immunogenic and safe.
- Reviewing:
- Santolaya ME et al. Lancet 2012 Jan 18
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Influenza in Neurologically Compromised Patients
- January 25, 2012
- Stephen G. Baum, MD
- Infectious Diseases
An outbreak of influenza in patients with incapacitating neurological conditions caused severe infection, despite immunization.
- Reviewing:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2012 Jan 6; 60:1729
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
FCGR2A as a Susceptibility Locus for Kawasaki Disease
- January 20, 2012
- Kenneth Y. Tsai, MD, PhD
- Dermatology
A genome-wide association study points to a susceptibility locus linking Kawasaki disease to an immune mediator.
- Reviewing:
- Khor CC et al. Nat Genet 2011 Nov 13; 43:1241
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Home Care for Severe Childhood Pneumonia in the Developing World
- November 23, 2011
- Robert S. Baltimore, MD
- Infectious Diseases
For young children with severe pneumonia diagnosed by a lay health worker, home treatment with amoxicillin yielded better results than TMP-SMX with referral to the nearest healthcare facility.
- Reviewing:
- Bari A et al. Lancet 2011 Nov 19; 378:1796
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