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Assessing suspected food poisoning cases in the UK

With more than 20,000 patients hospitalised in the UK each year because of food poisoning, quick assessment is essential.…

Published: 25 November 2014

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Treating bacterial sexually transmitted infections

With azithromycin made available over the counter for chlamydia treatment, this CPD article reviews how to identify and treat the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections.…

Published: 11 November 2014

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Bedaquiline in multi-drug resistant tuberculosis

The first new anti-tuberculosis drug since 1967 could revolutionise therapy and tackle resistant strains.…

Published: 18 July 2014

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Microbiomics: its growing significance in the world of medicines testing

Gut bacteria are now known to do more than just digest food. Kalliopi Dodou and Paul Whiteley take a look at microbiomics in our latest science article.…

Published: 2 March 2013

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Skin and soft tissue infection: focus on meticilllin-resistant S aureus

Healthcare-associated MRSA tends to affect older, compromised patients both in hospitals and in the community, whereas community-associated MRSA, although rarer, can attack the young and healthy.…

Published: 1 January 2009