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Combination antibiotic treatment does not result in less organ failure in adults with severe sepsis
Frank M. Brunkhorst, M.D., of Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and colleagues conducted a study to compare the effect of the antibiotics moxifloxacin and meropenem with the effect of meropenem monotherapy on sepsis-related organ dysfunction.
'White Plague': Drug-Resistant Ailment Lurks Among Rich and Poor
On New Year's Eve 2004, after months of losing weight and suffering fevers, night sweats and shortness of breath, student Anna Watterson was taken into hospital coughing up blood.
The Steroids for Corneal Ulcers Trial: Study Design and Baseline Characteristics [Clinical Sciences]
Objectives To provide comprehensive trial methods and baseline data for the Steroids for Corneal Ulcers Trial and to present epidemiological characteristics such as risk factors, causative organisms, and ulcer severity.
Corticosteroids for Bacterial Keratitis: The Steroids for Corneal...
Objective To determine whether there is a benefit in clinical outcomes with the use of topical corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of bacterial corneal ulcers.
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