References for Oct 1 to 15, 2012 Puscast

For those who need the source:

Just cut and paste the title into pubmed or google for the complete reference.

Not all the references are here this time, I had a pdf download issue for my ususal cut and paste

10/20/12 Powassan Virus Encephalitis, Minnesota, USA ‐ ‐ Emerging Infectious Disease journal ‐ CDC

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Nov;16(11):1522­8. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0122. Epub 2012 Sep 14. Risk and outcome of multidrug­resistant tuberculosis: vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and serum 25(OH)D.

Autochthonous and Dormant Cryptococcus gattii Infections Ferry Hagen, M. Francisca Colom, Daniëlle Swinne, Kathrin Tintelnot, Roberta Iatta, Maria Teresa Montagna, Josep M. Torres-Rodriguez, Massimo Cogliati, Aristea Velegraki, Arjan Burggraaf, Alwin Kamermans, Johanna M. Sweere, Jacques F. Meis, Corné H.W. Klaassen, and Teun Boekhout

Wild Birds and Urban Ecology of Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2005–2010 Sarah A. Hamer, Tony L. Goldberg, Uriel D. Kitron, Jeffrey D. Brawn, Tavis K. Anderson, Scott R. Loss, Edward D. Walker, and Gabriel L. Hamer

Outbreak of Influenza A (H3N2) Variant Virus Infection among Attendees of an Agricultural Fair, Pennsylvania, USA, 2011 Karen K. Wong   (/eid/article/18/12/12­1097_article.htm#comment) , Adena Greenbaum, Maria E. Moll, James Lando, Erin L. Moore, Rahul Ganatra, Matthew Biggerstaff, Eugene Lam, Erica E. Smith, Aaron D. Storms, Jeffrey R. Miller, Virginia Dato, Kumar Nalluswami, Atmaram Nambiar, Sharon A. Silvestri, James R. Lute, Stephen Ostroff, Kathy Hancock, Alicia Branch, Susan C. Trock, Alexander Klimov, Bo Shu, Lynnette Brammer, Scott Epperson, Lyn Finelli, and Michael A. Jhung

Subclinical Influenza Virus A Infections in Pigs Exhibited at Agricultural Fairs, Ohio, USA, 2009–2011 Andrew S. Bowman   (/eid/article/18/12/12­1116_article.htm#comment) , Jacqueline M. Nolting, Sarah W. Nelson, and Richard D. Slemons

Human Gastroenteritis Outbreak Associated with Escherichia albertii, Japan

JAMA. 2012 Oct 3;308(13):1333­9. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.12505. Effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on upper respiratory tract infections in healthy adults: the VIDARIS randomized controlled trial.

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print] Is Streptococcus pyogenes resistant or susceptible to trimethoprim­sulphamethoxazole?

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 3. [Epub ahead of print] A double­blind comparative study of the safety and efficacy of caspofungin versus micafungin in the treatment of candidiasis and aspergillosis.

PLoS One. 2012; 7(9): e45271. PMCID: PMC3441739 Published online 2012 September 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045271 Intracerebral Hemorrhages in Adults with Community Associated Bacterial Meningitis in Adults: Should We Reconsider Anticoagulant Therapy?

BMJ. 2012 Jul 19;345:e4565. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e4565. Validation of treatment strategies for enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O104:H4 induced haemolytic uraemic syndrome: case­control study.

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