Articles Tagged With: Rabies
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Post-Exposure Rabies Prophylaxis — Shorter, Simpler, and Less Costly
After bites by animals potentially infected with rabies, three-visit (over one week) intradermal rabies vaccination was compared to standard four-visit (over two weeks) intramuscular rabies vaccination. Both vaccine regimens prompted similarly protective neutralizing antibody and T-cell responses. While still off-label, the shorter, simpler regimen could protect patients at lower cost than the current standard regimen.
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CDC Updates Rabies Guidance for Healthcare Workers
The CDC has updated its guidelines for occupational exposure to rabies to emphasize the rare but real risk to healthcare workers.
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How to Handle Rabies
Rabies is a rare, but devastating, disease. It is crucial for acute care providers to identify exposures and institute timely and appropriate treatment.
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A Rabies Death in Virginia
A Virginia resident who had not received pre- or post-exposure prophylaxis died of rabies resulting from a dog bite during a prolonged trip to India. Many exposed healthcare workers subsequently received post-exposure prophylaxis.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Tuberculosis Transmission From NAAT-negative Patients; Worldwide Rabies Risk: Dogs; Patients Need to Rethink the ‘Quality’ in Healthcare
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Worse Than Snake Oil; Contract Tracing Using WHO Network; Preparing Your Hospital for Candida auris
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Emergency Management of Rabies Exposure
Rabies is an uncommon disease with a very high fatality rate. Recognition of a potential exposure and effective prophylaxis are critical in prevention of this devastating disease. The authors review recognition of suspicious bites/exposures, clinical presentation of rabies, and utilization of effective prevention strategies.
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Bites in the Night: A Rabies Immunization Update on People and Animals
An excellent update on rabies was provided by Charles E. Rupprecht, the Rabies Section Chief of the CDC, during the Symposium, Control of Zoonoses: A Veterinary Perspective at the recent 51st annual ASTMH meeting in Denver, Colo. -
Updates
Longer Lasting Smallpox Immunity?; Is There a Rabid Bat in Your Belfry?; Nosocomial C difficile: Way Common -
Conference Summaries: ICAAC 2001, IDSA 2001, and ASTMH 2001: Part V