NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 355, No. 7.
This summary covers the issue of August 17, 2006. Featured are articles on daptomycin versus standard therapy for bacteremia and endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections among patients in the emergency department, alendronate or alfacalcidol in glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, neonatal MRI to predict neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants, gradient of disability across the U.S. socioeconomic spectrum, and on the mobilization of the innate immune response; a review article on tumor necrosis factor inhibitors for rheumatoid arthritis; a case report of a woman with painful subcutaneous nodules; and Perspective articles on AIDS in 2006, on the end of exceptionalism in HIV testing, and on getting serious about cholera. |
