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    Infectious Disease Alert

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    September 1, 2004

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    Infectious Disease Alert 2004-09-01

    Penicillin vs Cephalosporin for Strep Throat — Which Is Better?

    Bacteriologic and clinical failures in adults with Streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis are twice as likely with oral penicillin therapy as with cephalosporin treatment. But, what is the significance of this finding? Read More

    Time to Get Cereus!

    A patient with a disease resembling anthrax led to the identification of anthrax-like virulence factors in an isolate of Bacillus cereus. Read More

    Blood Cultures 2004

    Cockerill and colleagues examined the effects of the volume of blood, the number of consecutive blood culture specimens, and the incubation time on the recovery of pathogens from 37,568 blood cultures obtained from adults. The study was performed at the Rochester, MN Mayo Clinic from 1996 to 1997, and used the automated BACTEC 9240 instrument. Read More

    Pneumococcal Pneumonia — Bring Back the Microbiology Laboratory!

    Musher and colleagues in Houston examined the usefulness of examination of Gram-stained sputum specimens and of sputum culture for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia. They included all 105 patients with bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia seen over 6 years at their VA hospital, and examined the results of the first sputum specimen submitted to the laboratory. Read More

    Telithromycin Tablets (Ketek)

    The FDA has approved Telithromycin, the first Ketolide antibiotic. Ketolides are semisynthetic derivatives of the macrolide erythromycin that have activity against a wide spectrum of respiratory bacterial pathogens including multi-drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Telithromycin, which is a once-a-day oral tablet, is marketed by Aventis as Ketek. Read More

    Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

    Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is nosocomial pneumonia occurring in a mechanically ventilated patient > 48 hours after intubation. It is categorized as early-onset (defined by most experts as 48-96 hours after intubation) and late-onset (> 2-96 hours after intubation): these differ with respect to responsible bacterial agents as well as outcomes. Read More

    Correction

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    Updates by Carol A. Kemper

    Bed Bugs Are Back; Can You Guess the Pathogen?; If It Was a Bear, It Would Have; More Bites. Read More

    Pharmacology Watch: New Clinical Guidelines on Cholesterol Management

    Hypothyroidism and Pregnancy; Anti-Depressants and the Risk of Suicide; FDA Actions; Brief Notes. Read More

    Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement

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    September 1, 2004

    Table Of Contents

    Penicillin vs Cephalosporin for Strep Throat — Which Is Better?

    Time to Get Cereus!

    Blood Cultures 2004

    Pneumococcal Pneumonia — Bring Back the Microbiology Laboratory!

    Telithromycin Tablets (Ketek)

    Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

    Correction

    Updates by Carol A. Kemper

    Pharmacology Watch: New Clinical Guidelines on Cholesterol Management

    Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement

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