References for Aug 1 to 15, 2009 Puscast

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Evaluation of rapid influenza diagnostic tests for detection of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus -- United States, 2009" MMWR 2009; 58: 826-29

Pneumonia and respiratory failure from swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico. Perez-Padilla R, de la Rosa-Zamboni D, Ponce de Leon S, Hernandez M, Quiñones-Falconi F, Bautista E, Ramirez-Venegas A, Rojas-Serrano J, Ormsby CE, Corrales A, Higuera A, Mondragon E, Cordova-Villalobos JA; INER Working Group on Influenza. N Engl J Med. 2009 Aug 13;361(7):680-9. Epub 2009 Jun 29. PMID: 19564631

Bacterial meningitis in HIV-1-infected patients in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Domingo P, Suarez-Lozano I, Torres F, Pomar V, Ribera E, Galindo MJ, Cosin J, Garcia-Alcalde ML, Vidal F, Lopez-Aldeguer J, Roca B, Gonzalez J, Lozano F, Garrido M; VACH Cohort Study Group. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Aug 15;51(5):582-7.

Stepped-dose versus full-dose efavirenz for HIV infection and neuropsychiatric adverse events: a randomized trial. Gutiérrez-Valencia A, Viciana P, Palacios R, Ruiz-Valderas R, Lozano F, Terrón A, Rivero A, López-Cortés LF; Sociedad Andaluza de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Aug 4;151(3):149-56. Epub 2009 Jul 6.

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Gorillas May Be One Source of AIDS, Researchers Find http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/706915

Slave Trade and Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes and Subgenotypes
in Haiti and Africa Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 15, No. 8, August 2009

Nosocomial transmission of invasive group a streptococcus from patient to health care worker. Lacy MD, Horn K. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 1;49(3):354-7. PMID: 1958041

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Primary pneumonic plague contracted from a mountain lion carcass. Wong D, Wild MA, Walburger MA, Higgins CL, Callahan M, Czarnecki LA, Lawaczeck EW, Levy CE, Patterson JG, Sunenshine R, Adem P, Paddock CD, Zaki SR, Petersen JM, Schriefer ME, Eisen RJ, Gage KL, Griffith KS, Weber IB, Spraker TR, Mead PS. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 1;49(3):e33-8.

Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 15, No. 8, August 2009

Pigs as Source for Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans

Salvage treatment for persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: efficacy of linezolid with or without carbapenem. Jang HC, Kim SH, Kim KH, Kim CJ, Lee S, Song KH, Jeon JH, Park WB, Kim HB, Park SW, Kim NJ, Kim EC, Oh MD, Choe KW. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 1;49(3):395-401. PMID: 19569970

Pseudo-Outbreak of Legionnaires Disease Among Patients ... http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5831a2.htm

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Feb;28(2):153-9. Epub 2008 Aug 28.Click here to read Links A community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a cooling tower in Vic and Gurb, Catalonia (Spain) in 2005. . PMID: 18752009 PubMed

Legionella pnemophila in Rainwater on Roadscollected directly. Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 15, No. 8, August 2009

Subclinical brain embolization in left-sided infective endocarditis: results from the evaluation by MRI of the brains of patients with left-sided intracardiac solid masses (EMBOLISM) pilot study. Cooper HA, Thompson EC, Laureno R, Fuisz A, Mark AS, Lin M, Goldstein SA. Circulation. 2009 Aug 18;120(7):585-91. Epub 2009 Aug 3. PMID: 19652096

Br J Neurosurg. 2009 Aug;23(4):412-7. s Never go to sleep on undrained pus: a retrospective review of surgery for intraparenchymal cerebral abscess PMID: 19637013

How long should cerebrospinal fluid cultures be held to detect shunt infections? Desai A, Lollis SS, Missios S, Radwan T, Zuaro DE, Schwarzman JD, Duhaime AC. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2009 Aug;4(2):184-9. PMID: 19645555

Fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the effect of duration and timing of fluoroquinolone exposure. Devasia RA, Blackman A, Gebretsadik T, Griffin M, Shintani A, May C, Smith T, Hooper N, Maruri F, Warkentin J, Mitchel E, Sterling TR. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Aug 15;180(4):365-70. Epub 2009 May 29. PMID: 19483111]

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Outcomes of early switching from intravenous to oral antibiotics on medical wards. Mertz D, Koller M, Haller P, Lampert ML, Plagge H, Hug B, Koch G, Battegay M, Flückiger U, Bassetti S. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2009 Jul;64(1):188-99. Epub 2009 Apr 28. PMID: 19401304 \