Infectious Diseases
April 9, 2012
10 Things Hospitalists Should Know about Infectious Diseases
Familiarize yourself with new technology for identifying bugs. “Mass spectrometers have been used for identifying microorganisms through a computerized database, and these units are just starting to become available to large health centers,” says Robert Orenstein, DO, associate professor of medicine in infectious diseases at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix. “This allows you potentially to […]
April 3, 2012
Lessons Shared from Transmission of Hepatitis C Infection to Patients
Findings of an extensive investigation at Mayo Clinic, published in the April 3 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, serve as a warning to other health care institutions that drug diversion by a health care worker can spread hepatitis C, a potentially fatal viral infection, to patients. The report details the effort that Mayo […]
Tags: contaminated syringes, Hepatitis C
March 29, 2012
It’s Tick Time: Mayo Clinic Offers Tips for Avoiding, Spotting Tick-Borne Diseases
It has only just arrived, but tick season is well under way. Physicians are seeing new cases of tick-borne illness several weeks earlier than usual, likely because a mild winter in much of the country made life easier for ticks and their offspring… “We’ve already started getting positives for tick-borne disease such as Lyme disease, […]
Tags: anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Dr. Bobbi Pritt, Lyme disease, ticks
March 20, 2012
Olympics Could Spark Measles Outbreak, CDC Warns
Officials Tuesday warned that American tourists unvaccinated for measles may become exposed to the virus during trips to the Summer Olympics and the Euro 2012 soccer cup – and that may cause potential outbreaks of the disease in the U.S… “The results have been devastating,” said Gregory Poland, director of the Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research […]
March 15, 2012
Several Different Species of Tapeworm Exist
Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, DEAR MAYO CLINIC: How is tapeworm infection contracted and treated? Is it very common today? ANSWER: Tapeworms are flat, ribbonlike worms that can live in human gastrointestinal tracts. Worldwide, an estimated 50 million people have a tapeworm infection. But that number may be low, as the disease often goes unreported. […]
Tags: tapeworm
January 20, 2012
Rochester Healthy Community Partnership
A new partnership of nearly 20 community groups is working to improve the health of Rochester’s immigrant and refugee population. It’s a population that often has a hard time staying healthy while trying to adjust to a new homeland. They call themselves the Rochester Healthy Community Partnership…”The grant from the National Institutes of Health is […]
January 19, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Summary
January 19, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to benedett.whitney@mayo.edu with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations oestreich.karl@mayo.edu […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, american heart association, Bill Clinton, Cholera, Dr. John Wilson, Dr. Michael Stuart, Dr. Raymond Gibbons, Dr. Richard Hurt, Dr. Ron Petersen, Dr. Victor Montori, Dr. Yogish Kudva
December 8, 2011
Mayo Clinic To Offer Kidney And Pancreas Transplants To People With HIV
The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, announced yesterday that it will begin offering kidney and pancreas transplants to HIV-positive patients with end-stage kidney disease and diabetes…“With the utilization of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to control HIV disease, it is very clear that solid organ transplant is both feasible and successful [in people with HIV],” […]
Tags: Dr. Mary Prendergast, HIV-positive
December 8, 2011
…Mayo Shows How a Simple Step Can Make Big Difference in C. Diff, The Mayo Clinic, in a project to cut the rate of C. diff infections, asked its workers to do one extra thing: Wipe down high-touch areas with bleach wipes… The project began when Robert Orenstein, DO, associate professor of medicine in infectious […]
Tags: C. diff, D.O., Robert Orenstein
December 8, 2011
Mayo Clinic in Florida now offers kidney and pancreas transplants for HIV, positive patients
Mayo Clinic in Florida is now offering kidney and pancreas transplants to HIV positive patients with advanced kidney disease and diabetes. Evidence is now solid that HIV-positive patients have the same favorable outcome in terms of patient and allograft survival as non-HIV positive organ transplant recipients, says Mary Prendergast, M.D., a kidney specialist whose focus […]
Tags: M.D., Mary Prendergast