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Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2008; 133(25/26): 1370-1374
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1081083
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Infektiologie und Tropenmedizin 2008

Infectiology and tropical medicine 2008M. Löbermann1 , T. Löscher2 , E. C. Reisinger1
  • 1Abteilung für Tropenmedizin und Infektionskrankheiten, Universität Rostock
  • 2 Medizinische Klinik Innenstadt, Abteilung für Infektions- und Tropenmedizin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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13 June 2008 (online)

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Was ist neu?

  • Wert des MRSA-Screenings MRSA-Virulenzfaktoren

  • HIV-Medikamente mit neuem Wirkmechanismus

  • neue Medikamente zur Behandlung invasiver Candida-Infektionen

  • zunehmende Individualisierung der HIV-Therapie

  • 2007: Zunahme von Hantavirus-Infektionen und HIV in Deutschland

  • Ausbruch von Chikungunya-Virus-Erkrankungen in Italien

  • Neue Impfstoffe in Erprobung

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Prof. Dr. Emil C. Reisinger

Universität Rostock, Abteilung für Tropenmedizin und Infektionskrankheiten

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