REINTRODUCTION OF TB MEDS FOLLOWING HEPATOTOXICITY
Drug-related hepatotoxicity during treatment for tuberculosis is a common barrier to initiation of antimycobacterial. While most hepatotoxicity results in minimal to no gastrointestinal complaints, some patients experience significant nausea, anorexia, vomiting, or abdominal pain.
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BACTERIAL ENTERITIS AND CHILDHOOD INTUSSUSCEPTION
A retrospective cohort study was conducted of all children age birth to five years enrolled at a Department of Defense treatment facility between January 1998 and December 2005, who were diagnosed with bacterial enteritis.
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OSHA CITES HOSPITAL FOR MENINGITIS EXPOSURE
The unprotected exposure of a respiratory therapist who later developed bacterial meningitis has triggered the first citations under California's new Aerosol Transmissible Disease Standard.
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EDITOR
Frank Bia, MD, MPH Professor of
Medicine
and Laboratory Medicine, Co-Director, Tropical Medicine and
International Travelers' Clinic, Yale University School of Medicine
BACTERIAL ENTERITIS AND CHILDHOOD INTUSSUSCEPTION
