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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends testing all patients age 13 to 64 years in all health care settings, using an “opt-out” rather than an “opt-in” approach. We urge physicians and health care systems to embrace these recommendations.
- Influenza 2000–2001
Delays in production of influenza vaccine are forcing physicians to prioritize who should be vaccinated first.
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In hospitalized patients who have received antibiotics, toxin-producing strains of C difficile can play havoc.
- Listeriosis: Recognizing it, treating it, preventing it
Listeria monocytogenes has become a major pathogen in foodborne illness. In listerial meningitis, the most common manifestation, the mortality rate exceeds 20%.