When isolation fails to contain SARS: ten infected in 12 hours.
ATLANTA -- The crucial importance of effective isolation for the containment of severe acute respiratory syndrome was amply demonstrated by a case in Singapore where a single undiagnosed patient on a general medical ward infected 10 others in only 12 hours. During the SAPS outbreak in the...

After SARS isolation broken, 10 patients were infected in 12 hours.
ATLANTA -- The crucial importance of effective isolation for containment of severe acute respiratory syndrome was demonstrated by a case in Singapore in which a single undiagnosed patient on a general medical ward infected 10 others in only 12 hours. During the SARS outbreak in the spring...

Lilly and International Council of Nurses Win Partnership Award From the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center.
Award honors Lilly and ICN's efforts to fight multidrug-resistant tuberculosis WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) won a Corporate Citizenship Award at The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC)'s 9th annual dinner and celebration...

Two forms of MRSA attack different populations.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is unlike its hospital-acquired cousin epidemiologically, clinically, and genetically, an infectious disease specialist explained at a dermatology meeting. "It is a different organism," Dr. Paul Holtom said at the annual meeting of the California Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic...

Infected patients still disrespected regularly.
There was the doctor who would not come into the patient's hospital room, the neurologist who avoided eye contact, and the ambulance attendant who angrily threw her bloodied gloves into the street after learning the injured patient she transported was HIV-positive. These are reactions of some health care personnel...

Candida species: species distribution and antifungal susceptibility patterns.
To the Editor: Candida species cause serious infections in the immunocompromised and critically ill host. Studies have reported an emergence of non-albicans Candida (NAC) spp., particularly C. tropicalis, C. glabrata, C. krusei and C. parapsilosis. (1) The widespread use of fluconazole might have contributed to this increase in less-susceptible...

The Carters forever tied to Clinton's `baby hospital'.
Byline: Terrance Ingano COLUMN: STRANGE BUT TRUE Most of us remember the Carter Memorial, the maternity ward of Clinton Hospital. If you were born in Clinton, you were probably born in that building that once sat in front of today's main hospital facility. Most of...

Tarn Taran put on high medical alert.
TARN TARAN: The district has been put on high medical alert following the death of seven persons due to water-borne diseases in the past seven days. The latest victim is a retired teacher of village Bhuttar Kalan who died on Tuesday. Sounding the alarming bells, the district...

Fever plus abdominal pain may indicate CSD complication.
Aspen, COLO. -- Hepatosplenic cat-scratch disease is a diagnostic possibility worth bearing in mind in a child with fever of unknown origin and prominent abdominal pain, Dr. Karen Dahl said a conference on pediatric infectious diseases sponsored by Children's Hospital, Denver, and the University of Colorado. "Hepatomegaly...

Salman's guard alone in death.
MUMBAI: Ravindra Patil, former bodyguard of Salman Khan and an eyewitness in the hit-and-run case involving the actor, died on Wednesday. He was suffering from tuberculosis. "He was suffering from extensive tuberculosis and was in a bad shape," said a doctor at the Sewri TB hospital in...