Articles Tagged With: bedbugs
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Sleep Tight, and Don’t Let the Ectoparasites Bite: Part 2
Providers in the pediatric emergency department frequently encounter ectoparasitic infestations. Infestations require early recognition and knowledge of effective treatment strategies. Last month, the author reviewed scabies, chiggers, and lice. This month, the bedbugs and ticks will come biting!
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IL-2 in HIV Infection: Raises CD4+ Cells, But at What Cost?
Actg 328 was a multicenter trial that studied HIV-1 infected adults without active AIDS-defining illnesses and with CD4+ lymphocyte counts between 50 and 350/uL. Patients were protease inhibitor (PI) and IL-2 naïve but may have received prior nucleoside analogue therapy.