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It is supposed that the vaccine against influenza A is available and is distributed among the various health companies within the half of October, but there is still uncertainty on the priorities to be assigned to the various age ranges. The CDC recommend to vaccinate at first the following 5 [...]
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Some CDC researchers have examined the serum used in recent trials on influenza vaccine to determine the prevalence of natural immunity towards H1N1 virus and of antibodies possibly present as a consequence of vaccinations performed in the previous years. The samples taken from 100 children [...]
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There is no unequivocalness about the population undergoing HIV screening: the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force indicates the whole risk population as the addressee of the screening and it is neither in favour nor against the screening applied to the rest of the population. On the contrary, the [...]
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According to previous trials, it was affirmed that influenza vaccination implies a decrease in the risk of catching pulmonary infections in older patients, and according to this affirmation, vaccination is advised for subjects older than a specific age. In Seattle, through a population trial [...]
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After its marketing, the vaccine against herpes zoster is recommended by many infectivologists as a routine practice in the adult older than sixty. In order to answer the question the patient often asks – “Which probability do I have to take the infection?” –, some researchers examined the medical [...]
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) periodically releases some updates on guidelines, always concluding with a recommendation classified in this way:
A - the intervention is strongly recommended for consequent benefits and the clear evidence of its usefulness
B – the [...]
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In the USA the category which is most at risk of getting influenza, after the elderly, is represented by children under 2 years of age, so guidelines in this country recommend that every child between 6 and 23 months of age are vaccinated (independently from being affected by any chronic or [...]
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Clostridium Difficile infections are unfortunately increasing, also in subjects in whom hospitalization or antibiotic use as risk factors are not present. According to the results of some trials, researchers have thought to a role of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) in favouring this kind of infection. [...]
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Recently, CDC have recommended the execution of HIV screening when considering an individual health situation, upon patient’s consent. It is not the first time that CDC give these recommendations, given that already in 1992 and 2001 the adoption of HIV test was proposed as a routine test, even if [...]
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Intra-abdominal infections are generally supported by various pathogen agents and so need a very wide-range antibiotic cover. But now new chinolonics are available, presenting a very wide antibacterial action, so a blind, randomized study, sponsored by pharmaceutical industry, was performed, [...]