Archive for 'Infectious Disease' Category
Expanded use of Tdap – ACIP Recommendations
In October 2010, ACIP recommended expanded use of Tdap. This report provides the updated recommendations, summarizes the safety and effectiveness data considered by ACIP, and provides guidance for implementing the recommendations. Updated Recommendations for Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccine from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, 2010 [CDC] [...]
2010-11 CDC Influenza Recommendations
The 2010-2011 flu vaccine is now available. Take 30 seconds to familiarize yourself with the basics. The CDC now advises that all persons 6 months and older be vaccinated annually. all children aged 6 months–8 years who receive a seasonal influenza vaccine for the first time should receive 2 doses. The 2010-11 trivalent vaccines will [...]
draft-Medical Student guide To Isolation Precautions
pdf- http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/pdf/isolation/Isolation2007.pdf more bugs- http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/p0000419/p0000419.asp#Table_AA Sources: CDC
Nasopharyngeal Specimen Collection – A Guide for Medical Students
The New York City Department of Health has prepared an excellent guide for nasopharyngeal specimen collection that describes both nasopharyngeal aspirate and nasopharyngeal swab methods. This concise review will prove helpful for those medical students beginning outpatient medicine rotations or family medicine. Nasopharyngeal Specimen Collection for Viral Respiratory Pathogens [NYC Dept of Health]
The Association between Proton Pump Inhibitors and C. Difficile
investigators conducted a secondary analysis of prospectively collected data from 101,796 patients who were discharged from a tertiary care medical center during a 5-year period. Acid suppression treatment was the primary exposure of interest, classified by intensity (no acid suppression, histamine2-receptor antagonist [H2RA] treatment, daily PPI use, and PPI use more often than daily). The [...]
Influenza Review
A plain language review of the influenza virus by Joseph Albietz: The influenza season in the Northern hemisphere usually runs from October through May, with a peak mid-February. Every season in the US between 5-20% of the US population is infected by influenza, and while the majority of people recover well from an influenza infection, [...]
Case Study: New Strain of HIV
researchers have now discovered an HIV infection in a Cameroonian woman which is clearly linked to a gorilla strain, Nature Medicine reports. HIV originated from a similar virus in chimpanzees called Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV). French doctors treating the 62-year-old Cameroonian woman who was living in Paris said they initially spotted some discrepancies in routine [...]