Infectious Disease Alert – May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014
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Ebola! Outbreak in West Africa raises Difficult Questions about Deadly Virus
In March 2014, Ebola virus infection emerged in Guinea, West Africa, and spread through communities in Guinea and Liberia. Additional reports of suspect cases in Sierra Leone and Mali are under investigation. -
Stanford Division of Infectious Diseases Guidelines for the Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI)
There have been several advances in medical understanding of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of CDI since the last national guidelines were published in 2010. -
Combination Therapy for Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia Reduces Mortality
In an observational study of 205 patients with bloodstream infections caused by strains of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, mortality was higher in patients who received monotherapy vs. those treated with combination therapy (44.4% vs 27.2%, P = 0.018). -
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