News tagged with immunocompromised patients
Aggressive infection control protects cancer patients from acquiring H1N1 influenza
Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immunocompromised cancer patients and thorough screening measures resulted in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Urine LAM-ELISA poor at diagnosing TB
Urine LAM-ELISA does not appear to be useful as an independent diagnostic test for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). A trial of the new diagnostic, described in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases found that it was ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Substance use common among patients with TB, associated with treatment difficulties
About one in five U.S. tuberculosis patients reports abusing alcohol or using illicit drugs, and those who do appear more contagious and difficult to treat, according to a report in the January 26 issue of Archives of In ...
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Jan 26, 2009 |
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