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Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae.
Abstract Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) were almost nonexistent up to the 1990s, but are today encountered routinely in hospitals and other healthcare facilities in many countries including the United States. KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae was the first to emerge and spread globally and is endemic in the United States, Israel, Greece, and Italy. Recently, NDM-producing Enterobacteriaceae and OXA-48-producing K. pneumoniae appear to be disseminating from South Asia and Northern Africa, respectively. They are almost always resistant to all β-lactams including carbapenems and many other classe...
Source: Respiratory Care - February 1, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Doi Y, Paterson DL Tags: Semin Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Integrative Medicine and Drug-Induced Vestibulopathy following Brucellosis Treatment: Clinical Practice
Brucellosis is still one of the most common causes of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in endemic areas and is associated with several complications. Here, we report a patient with a diagnosis of brucellosis and FUO who developed a rare complication of vestibulopathy in the course of treatment and follow-up. We treated the vestibulopathy with acupuncture, and during 10 days of treatment, the irreversible complication of vestibulopathy disappeared. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of brucellosis with vestibulopathy treated with traditional medicine that achieved complete improvement within 10 days.In...
Source: Integrative Medicine International - February 28, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research

Malaria Prevention Strategies: Adherence Among Boston Area Travelers Visiting Malaria-Endemic Countries.
Abstract We conducted a prospective cohort study to assess adherence to malaria chemoprophylaxis, reasons for nonadherence, and use of other personal protective measures against malaria. We included adults traveling to malaria-endemic countries who were prescribed malaria chemoprophylaxis during a pretravel consultation at three travel clinics in the Boston area and who completed three or more surveys: pretravel, at least one weekly during travel, and posttravel (2-4 weeks after return). Of 370 participants, 335 (91%) took malaria chemoprophylaxis at least once and reported any missed doses; 265 (79%) reported com...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - October 19, 2015 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Stoney RJ, Chen LH, Jentes ES, Wilson ME, Han PV, Benoit CM, MacLeod WB, Hamer DH, Barnett ED, Boston Area Travel Medicine Network Tags: Am J Trop Med Hyg Source Type: research

Food fortification knowledge in women of child-bearing age at Nkow.owa township in Mopani District, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
CONCLUSION: Most of the questions were answered correctly by more than 50.0% of the participants. The researcher deduced that the study participants are knowledgeable about food fortification based on the response given in relation to the programme. PMID: 27542291 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Primary Care - August 22, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Motadi SA, Mbhatsani V, Shilote KO Tags: Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med Source Type: research

Stagnant contraceptive sales after the Zika epidemic in Brazil.
CONCLUSIONS: The data showed much higher sales of short-acting methods compared with more effective LARC methods. The public sector needs to strengthen its focus on ensuring better access to LARC methods through a systematic approach ensuring regular supply, improved professional skills and better demand generation to couples wishing to avoid or delay pregnancy. In Zika virus-affected areas, many women of reproductive age may want to delay or postpone pregnancy by using an effective LARC method. The public sector should review its policies on LARC, as the need for these methods especially in Zika virus endemic areas may in...
Source: The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care - November 23, 2017 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Bahamondes L, Ali M, Monteiro I, Fernandes A Tags: Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care Source Type: research

Between Colonial, National, and International Medicine: The Case of Bejel.
Abstract In the 1920s and 1930s, doctors stationed in the Middle East and North Africa debated whether bejel, a form of endemic syphilis, was an Arab version of syphilis, or a separate disease altogether. Using their clinical experience in the region, they tried to weave this unfamiliar phenomenon into a civilizational narrative, which placed European civilization at the top of a hierarchy. The assumption was that there was something inherent to Islamic societies and their hygienic habits that accounted for this difference. After World War II, the eradication of bejel was declared to be one of the objectives of bo...
Source: Bulletin of the History of Medicine - December 27, 2017 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Kozma L Tags: Bull Hist Med Source Type: research

Socioeconomic Risk Factors for < i > Plasmodium falciparum < /i > Infection in Primary School Children in Three Districts of the Volta Region Of Ghana.
CONCLUSIONS: Plasmodium falciparum infection was significantly found in children in rural areas of Ghana with low socioeconomic status in this study. PMID: 31422995 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - August 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Orish VN, Agbemafle I, Obum EK, Onyeabor OS, Sanyaolu AO, Okorie C, Adzaku FK Tags: J Health Care Poor Underserved Source Type: research

New Insights on Pulmonary Paracoccidioidomycosis.
Abstract Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is one of the most relevant systemic endemic mycoses in Latin American countries, especially in South American countries, with endemic and hyperendemic areas. The real burden of PCM may be underestimated because of a lack of compulsory case notification. Recent phylogenetic data revealed that Paracoccidioides brasiliensis comprises several cryptic species including P. brasiliensis and P. lutzii. However, the genetic biodiversity of Paracoccidioides does not affect the clinical manifestations or therapeutic response to therapy. Lung involvement is a common finding, especially i...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 31, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Queiroz-Telles FV, Peçanha Pietrobom PM, Rosa Júnior M, Baptista RM, Peçanha PM Tags: Semin Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Current Concepts in the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Histoplasmosis Syndromes.
Abstract Histoplasmosis is a global disease endemic to regions of all six inhabited continents. The areas of highest endemicity lie within the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys of North America and parts of Central and South America. As a result of climate change and anthropogenic land utilization, the conditions suitable for Histoplasma capsulatum are changing, leading to a corresponding change in epidemiology. The clinical manifestations of histoplasmosis are protean, variably resembling other common conditions such as community-acquired pneumonia, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, Crohn's disease, or malignancy. Maki...
Source: Respiratory Care - January 31, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Azar MM, Loyd JL, Relich RF, Wheat LJ, Hage CA Tags: Semin Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Endemic Fungi Presenting as Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Review.
Abstract In endemic areas, dimorphic fungal infections due to Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Coccidioides posadasii/immitis account for up to 30% of cases of community-acquired pneumonia. Because respiratory manifestations are often indistinguishable from common bacterial causes of pneumonia, the diagnosis of pulmonary histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, and coccidioidomycosis is often delayed and associated with antibiotics overuse. In addition to being highly endemic to certain regions of North America, dimorphic fungi have global significance due to established areas of endemicity in all six i...
Source: Respiratory Care - July 8, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Azar MM, Malo J, Hage CA Tags: Semin Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research

Matthew ’s health care tidbits
Each week I’ve been adding a brief tidbits section to the THCB Reader, our weekly newsletter that summarizes the best of THCB that week (Sign up here!). Then I had the brainwave to add them to the blog. They’re short and usually not too sweet! –Matthew Holt For my health care tidbits this week, I am getting very close to home. I live in Marin County, California which is an incredibly wealthy, well-educated, liberal place. My little town voted 90% for Biden and, as you’d expect, county-wide 87% of those eligible (over 12) are fully immunized with most of the rest on the way. But Marin also has a small hard core...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Matthew Holt Mandates Marin County Source Type: blogs

Angola: Luanda Hosts III Natural Medicine Congress
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Luanda province is due to host, on 23 March, the 3rd Natural Medicine congress, focusing on the potential of medicinal plants to combat and prevent pandemics and endemic diseases.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 6, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Doctor Informed - Medicine's me too moments
In this episode we ’re going to be talking about misogyny in surgery, recent revelations about sexual harassment in the theatre have emerged - but these behaviours have been endemic for a while, even as the profession seemed to ignore them. Joining Clara Munro is Baroness Helena Kenned, the author of a recent repor t into diversity in medicine, who, as a barrister, has long worked on discrimination cases. The reports mentioned in the episode are from the Royal College of Surgeons;https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/about-the-rcs/about-our-mission/diversity-review-2021/
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 4, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine: Putty Kidney, a result of extra-pulmonary TB of the kidney
A 57-year-old male patient with a history of benign prostatic hyperplasia, cirrhosis of the liver, and hypertension presented to the emergency department (ED) with the chief complaint of urinary urgency and passing blood and blood clots for two days. The patient denied other symptoms, including fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, chest pain, or back pain. He had no previous diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), however, he was at increased risk due to his proximity to the US-Mexico border, where TB is endemic.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 13, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Sunny T. Baker, Russell A. Baker Tags: Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Visual diagnosis in emergency medicine putty kidney, a result of extrapulmonary tb of the kidney
A 57-year-old male patient with a history of benign prostatic hyperplasia, cirrhosis of the liver, and hypertension presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with the chief complaint of urinary urgency and passing blood and blood clots for 2 days. The patient denied other symptoms, including fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, chest pain, or back pain. He had no previous diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), however, he was at increased risk due to his proximity to the United States –Mexico border, where TB is endemic.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 13, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Sunny T. Baker, Russell A. Baker Tags: Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Source Type: research