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January 16th, 2017
Two Case Reports Worth Reading, and Enlisting Pro-Vaccine Support
Case reports are pretty low down on the “levels of evidence” pyramid. This low status notwithstanding, when they are well done they can illustrate important clinical lessons, including these two: A Las Vegas woman died after infection with a pan-resistant strain of Klebsiella. While CDC receives many isolates of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE), 80% are susceptible to at least one aminoglycoside […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
Contributing Editor
NEJM Journal Watch
Infectious Diseases
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