Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . September 30th, 1996
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Alternative Medicines - Weight Loss Agent Leads to M. abscessus Infection
Drug Resistance - Resistance Increasing in Gram-Positive Bacteria
Infection Control - Wash Produce To Prevent Cyclospora
Neisseria meningitidis - Disease Breaks Out of Jail
Polio - CDC Approves Vaccine Change
Prevention - TB Officials Meet to Discuss Future Control Efforts
Public Health - One Third of People Do Not Wash Hands After Using Public Restroom
Public Health - Second Handwashing Study - Employees Don't Wash Either
At Risk Populations - "Crack Cocaine Use and HIV Spread among Young Urban Men Having Sex with Men."
Banking (Blood Safety) - "Yersinia enterocolitica-Contaminated Red Blood Cells (RBCs): An Emerging Threat to Blood Safety."
Diagnostics (Candida) - "Rapid Identification of Up to Three Candida spp. in One Reaction Tube Using TaqMan(TM) PCR."
Hepatitis Vaccine - "Safety of Inactivated Hepatitis A Vaccine (VAQTA(TM) - Merck and Co.) Butte County, California."
Infection Control (TB) - "Tuberculosis Infection Control Policies and Procedures at Hospitals Caring for Children."
Prophylaxis - "Prior Antimicrobials in HIV Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia."
Risk Factors - "Evaluation of the Role of Needleless Devices (ND) in Bloodstream Infections (BSIs) in Home Infusion Therapy (HIT)."
Obesity - "Is Maternal Obesity a Risk Factor for Anencephaly and Spina Bifida?."
Pediatrics (Pertussis) - "Large Outbreak of Pertussis among Young Children in Chicago, 1993: Investigation of Potential Contributing Factors and Estimation of Vaccine Effectiveness."
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