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A New Biomarker for Bacterial Meningitis
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Patients with early bacterial meningitis might not have CSF pleocytosis. Heparin-binding protein is a promising new biomarker that might assist with early identification of bacterial meningitis in adults. HBP might play the same role in bacterial meningitis that D-dimer does in venous thromboembolic disease. Pending larger studies, an HBP level >20 ng/mL should prompt empirical therapy for bacterial meningitis while awaiting results of CSF culture and immunoassays.
Heparin-Binding Protein: A New Biomarker for Bacterial Meningitis – Emergency Medicine.
Nine Dead In Ala. After IV Treatment
A pharmacy that produces intravenous solutions is the potential common source for an outbreak of blood infections that has sickened 19 people at six hospitals. The products have been recalled.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/03/30/134984222/nine-dead-in-ala-after-iv-treatment?ft=1&f=1001
Superbug Spreads in Southern California
Roughly 350 cases of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, or CRKP, were reported in Los Angeles County between June and December of 2010, according to a study from the L.A. County Department of Public Health to be presented April 3 in Dallas at the annual meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America…
Here is the link: http://fluentnews.com/s/26598629
What Should Physicians Wear?
Evidence that physician white coats and other long-sleeved garments can be contaminated with bacteria including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has led British health authorities to ban such attire for clinicians. To examine the appropriateness of this action, researchers conducted a prospective trial in which they assessed bacterial contamination of physicians\\’ clothing.
NYTimes: For Cold Virus, Zinc May Edge Out Even Chicken Soup
Scientists haven’t discovered a cure for the common cold, but researchers now say zinc may be the next best thing.
Zulfiqar Rana, MD, MPH, FACP 