Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
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Comparative Study
Primary juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome in adolescents.
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and primary juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome (PJFS) are illnesses with a similar pattern of symptoms of unknown etiology. Twenty-seven children for whom CFS was diagnosed were evaluated for fibromyalgia by the presence of widespread pain and multiple tender points. ⋯ There was no statistical difference between groups in degree of fatigue, headache, sore throat, abdominal pain, depression, lymph node pain, concentration difficulty, eye pain, and joint pain. CFS in children and PJFS appear to be overlapping clinical entities and may be indistinguishable by current diagnostic criteria.
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Infection is a frequent and often life-threatening complication in patients treated in intensive care units. Many regimens have been developed to prevent infections in these patients. Recently, a new method of prophylaxis was introduced: selective decontamination of the digestive tract. ⋯ However, the great differences among the various studies in the incidence of infections among control patients make it difficult to compare the results. The use of antimicrobial agents for selective decontamination had no effect on mortality and in some studies even led to the emergence of resistant microorganisms. The lack of recent data on the incidence, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of infections in patients in intensive care units makes it difficult to recommend routine use of selective decontamination for these patients.
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Letter Case Reports
Foscarnet-induced penile ulcer in an uncircumcised patient with AIDS.
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Letter Case Reports
Pneumonia and meningitis due to Nocardia asteroides in a patient with AIDS.