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JOURNAL CLUB

The Dermatology Journal Club is held on the first Wednesday of every month at 3:30 p.m. in the Dermatology Library, Room 2717, followed by Grand Rounds at 4:30 p.m. in the Dermatology clinic area.

DERMATOLOGY JOURNAL CLUB
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
WEDNESDAY – MAY 7, 2008

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Hot Topic: Efficacy of Rapid MRSA Admission Screening on Hospital-Acquired Infections

Robicsek A, Beaumont JL, Paule SM, et al. Universal surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 affiliated hospitals. Ann Intern Med 2008;148:409-418

Harbarth S, Fankhauser C, Schrenzel J, et al. Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients. JAMA 2008;299:1149-1157

Jeyaratnam D, Whitty CJM, Phillips K, et al. Impact of rapid screening tests on acquisition of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: cluster randomized crossover trial. Br Med J 2008;336:927-934

Other Articles

Anaya DA, Xing Y, Feng L, et al. Adjuvant high-dose interferon for cutaneous melanoma is most beneficial for patients with early stage III disease. Cancer 2008;112:2030-2037

Papp K, Bisonnette R, Rosoph L, et al. Efficacy of ISA247 in plaque psoriasis: a randomized, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial. Lancet 2008;371:1337-1342

Smith RL, Warren RB, Eyre S, et al. Polymorphisms in the PTPN22 region are associated with psoriasis of early onset. Br J Dermatol 2008;158:962-968

Sellheyer K, Krahl D. Ber-EP4 enhances the differential diagnostic accuracy of cytokeratin 7 in pagetoid cutaneous neoplasms. J Cutan Pathol 2008;35:366-372

Wiegell SR, Hædersdal M, Phillipsen PA, et al. Continuous activation of PpIX by daylight is as effective as and less painful than conventional photodynamic therapy for actinic keratoses; a randomized, controlled, single-blinded study. Br J Dermatol 2008;158:740-6

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