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Combination Antibiotic Therapy Lowers Mortality among Severely Ill Patients with Pneumococcal Bacteremia
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Retrospective studies have suggested that combination antibiotic therapy for severe bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia may reduce mortality. We assessed this issue in a prospective, multicenter, international observational study of 844 adult patients with bacteremia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae. The effect of combination antibiotic therapy versus monotherapy on mortality was examined by univariate analyses and by logistic regression models. The 14day mortality was not significantly differen...
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Combination Antibiotic Therapy Lowers Mortality among Severely Ill Patients with Pneumococcal Bacteremia
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
; Retrospective studies have suggested that combination antibiotic therapy for severe bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia may reduce mortality. We assessed this issue in a prospective, multicenter, international observational study of 844 adult patients with bacteremia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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Initial combination therapy best for early RA.(Rheumatology)(rheumatoid arthritis)
Internal Medicine News
; SAN DIEGO -- Patients with newly diagnosed, early-onset rheumatoid arthritis who start treatment with combination disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy are almost twice as likely to achieve disease remission as patients who start on monotherapy, according to second-year data from the ongoing
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Outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy.
American Family Physician
; Outpatient Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy Outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy is a cost-effective modality to shorten hospital stays and provide continued care to patients with infections. The recent availability of tamper-proof pumps that can deliver multiple antibiotics on independently
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Combination Therapy Increases Dementia
USA Today
; HORMONES Older women taking combination hormone therapy have twice the rate of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, compared with those who do not take the medication, according to the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study conducted by the National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Md. Moreover,
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Peg-Intron and Rebetol combination therapy for chronic hepatitis C. (Product News).(Brief Article)
Medical Marketing & Media
; Peg-Intron and Rebetol combination therapy for chronic hepatitis C has been marketed by Schering Plough.
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Combination therapy vs. insulin alone in NIDDM. (non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus)(adapted from Diabetes Care, March 1995)(Tips from Other Journals)
American Family Physician
; As type II, or non--insulin-dependent, diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) progresses, many patients have deterioration in glycemic control. Several studies have addressed the issue of insulin therapy alone versus combination therapy with an oral hypoglycemic agent plus insulin for the treatment of these
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Combination therapy for benign prostatic hypertrophy.(POEM's & Tips)
American Family Physician
; In addition to its irritative symptoms, benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) can sometimes lead to recurrent urinary tract infections, incontinence, acute retention, or a need for prostate reduction surgery. Both alpha-adrenergic blockers and finasteride have demonstrated efficacy in reducing
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Chugai Pharmaceutical Presents Trial Results of "PEGASYS" Plus Ribavirin "COPEGUS", Combination Therapy for Hepatitis C
JCNN News Summaries - Japan Corporate News Network
; Tokyo, June 20, 2005 - (JCN) - On June 17, Chugai Pharmaceutical (TSE: 4519) announced the results of its phase three clinical trial it had conducted in Japan on combination therapy that used PEGASYS, pegylated interferon alpha-2a (genetic recombination), plus ribavirin COPEGUS, at the 41st Annual
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Combination therapy cuts HIV transmission. (Study of 969 Infants).
OB GYN News
; Pregnant women with HIV who receive combination antiretroviral therapy are less likely to transmit HIV to their babies than those who receive monotherapy, said Susan A. Fiscus, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her associates. In a study of 969 HIV-exposed infants born
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Oral Antibiotic Therapy for Septic Arthritis in Children.
American Family Physician
; High-dose oral antibiotic therapy has demonstrated adequate bactericidal activity in bone and joint tissue in children, allowing the option of oral antibiotic therapy in the convalescent phase of treatment for bacterial arthritis. Newton and associates compared the effectiveness of convalescent
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