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In a move that stunned infection control professionals, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced that it will require one of the most contentious provisions of its failed tuberculosis standard annual respirator fit-testing under its existing general respiratory protection standard.
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Concerned about the emerging threat of pandemic influenza in Vietnam, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has dispatched a team to Hanoi to investigate an H5N1 avian flu outbreak that had claimed 12 lives as of Jan. 15, 2003.
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On Jan. 13, 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a new suspect case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a 35-year-old man living in Guangdong province, China.
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An outbreak of food poisoning by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis<?I> in Finland in October/November1998 involved 46 cases and was traced to locally grown iceberg lettuce.
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A carbapenem (most often imipenem) was found in a prospective observational study to be the optimal choice for therapy of bacteremia due to ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.
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A new quaternary ammonium compound has been approved for the treatment of overactive bladder.
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Prevalence of Prostate Cancer Among Men with a Prostate-Specific Antigen Level < 4.0 ng/mL; Mirtazapine for Reducing Nocturnal Itch in Patients with Chronic Pruritus; A Factorial Trial of Six Interventions for the Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
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A laboratory report indicating susceptibility of MRSA to vancomycin does not guarantee successful therapy with this antibiotic since a significant risk for failure may be present despite MICs within the range considered susceptible.