Alcaligenes xylosoxidans is an uncommon infection in the healthcare setting, but the current study describes how poor infection control practices promoted an outbreak of A xylosoxidans in a major US metropolitan center. Emerging Infectious Diseases
What is the classic presentation of patients with gastrointestinal (GI) disease due to CDI? What are the recommendations for testing, treatment, and managing this serious infection? Medscape Infectious Diseases
Don’t miss these highlights from the ASPMN meeting, focusing on acute pain management in the opioid-tolerant individual and interventional techniques in patients with cancer. Medscape Nurses
The study reported the serum level and the hepatic expression of apoptosis-related molecules in cases of chronic hepatitis C and its sequelae of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The Medscape Journal of Medicine
Adenovirus serotype 14 (Ad14) cases were identified in 4 states during 2006-07 but the isolates were distinct from the 1955 reference strain, suggesting the emergence and spread of a new Ad14 variant. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
