Archive for December 19th, 2007
Telbivudine versus Lamivudine in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B
N Engl J Med Dec 20, 2007 Vol.357 N.25 p.2576-2588
Ching-Lung Lai, M.D., Edward Gane, M.D., Yun-Fan Liaw, M.D., Chao-Wei Hsu, M.D., Satawat Thongsawat, M.D., Yuming Wang, M.D., Yagang Chen, M.D., E. Jenny Heathcote, M.D., Jens Rasenack, M.D., Natalie Bzowej, M.D., Ph.D., Nikolai V. Naoumov, M.D., Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, M.D., Stefan Zeuzem, M.D., Young Myoung Moon, M.D., Zachary Goodman, M.D., George Chao, Ph.D., Barbara Fielman Constance, R.N., Nathaniel A. Brown, M.D., for the Globe Study Group
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Prevention of Infective Endocarditis
Circulation Oct. 9, 2007 Vol.116 N.15 p.1736-1754
AHA Guideline
Guidelines From the American Heart Association: A Guideline From the American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group
Walter Wilson, Kathryn A. Taubert, Michael Gewitz, Peter B. Lockhart, Larry M. Baddour, Matthew Levison, Ann Bolger, Christopher H. Cabell, Masato Takahashi, Robert S. Baltimore, Jane W. Newburger, Brian L. Strom, Lloyd Y. Tani, Michael Gerber, Robert O. Bonow, Thomas Pallasch, Stanford T. Shulman, Anne H. Rowley, Jane C. Burns, Patricia Ferrieri, Timothy Gardner, David Goff, David T. Durack, and The Council on Scientific Affairs of the American Dental Association has approved the guideline as it relates to dentistry. In addition, this guideline has been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases Society of America
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Effect of severity of sepsis on tissue concentrations of linezolid
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Jan 2008 Vol.61 N.1 p.173-176
Christiane Thallinger1,2, Cornelia Buerger3, Nele Plock3, Sascha Kljucar4, Sonja Wuenscher1, Robert Sauermann1, Charlotte Kloft3 and Christian Joukhadar5,*
1 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria 2 Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria 3 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin/Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 12169 Berlin/06120 Halle, Germany 4 DRK Kliniken Berlin Westend, Berlin, Germany 5 Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Pulmonology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
* Correspondence address. Schafflerhofstr. 149, 1220 Vienna, Austria. Tel: +43-664-462-86-25; E-mail: christian.joukhadar@gmx.at
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http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/61/1/173
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Antifungal serum concentration monitoring: an update
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Jan 2008 Vol.61 N.1 p.17-25
Review
Megan L. Goodwin1,* and Richard H. Drew2,3
1 Department of Pharmacy, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA, USA 2 Duke School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA 3 Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Buies Creek, NC, USA
* Corresponding author. Tel: +1-540-981-7275; Fax: +1-540-981-8196; E-mail: mlgoodwin2005@gmail.com
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http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/61/1/17
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Control of infections due to extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing organisms in hospitals and the community
Clinical Microbiology and Infection Jan 2008 Vol.14 N.S1 p.124-133
REVIEW
R. E. Warren11Department of Microbiology, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, G. Harvey11Department of Microbiology, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, R. Carr22Shropshire and Staffordshire Health Protection Unit, Health Protection Agency, D. Ward22Shropshire and Staffordshire Health Protection Unit, Health Protection Agency and A. Doroshenko22Shropshire and Staffordshire Health Protection Unit, Health Protection Agency1Department of Microbiology, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury, Shropshire and 2Shropshire and Staffordshire Health Protection Unit, Health Protection Agency
Corresponding author and reprint requests: R. E. Warren, Department of Microbiology,
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 8XQ, UK E-mail: Rod.Warren@rsh.nhs.uk
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http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01870.x
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Evolution of extended-spectrum ß-lactamases by mutation
Clinical Microbiology and Infection Jan 2008 Vol.14 N.S1 p.11-32
REVIEW
M. GniadkowskiNational Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Corresponding author and reprint requests: M. Gniadkowski, National Medicines Institute, Ul. Chelmska 30/34, 00-725 Warsaw, Poland E-mail: gniadkow@cls.edu.pl
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http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01854.x
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