Search results for "Infectious Disease"
MKSAP Quiz: Fever, chills, rash in the ED
A 55-year-old man is evaluated in the emergency department after experiencing fever and chills yesterday evening and bilateral arm pain and a rash on the upper extremities upon awakening this morning. The patient ate raw oysters from the Gulf Coast 3 nights ago. He was recently diagnosed with hemochromatosis. Which pathogen is most likely causing the patient's current findings?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/05/mksap.htm
1 May 2013
Testing offers hope, no panacea for COVID-19 control
A Q&A offers expert advice on the latest information about testing for COVID-19 from Elisa I. Choi, MD, FACP, Governor for ACP's Massachusetts Chapter and a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/06/testing-offers-hope-no-panacea-for-covid-19-control.htm
1 Jun 2020
Can we stop the superbugs?
This issue covers antibiotic resistance among bacteria, ways to teach ambulatory care during a hospital residency, and a pair of stories about geriatrics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/editors.htm
1 May 2017
MKSAP Quiz: evaluation for diarrhea, weight loss
This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 22-year-old man for diarrhea and weight loss.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/28/3.htm
28 Jul 2015
Efavirenz as part of initial HIV therapy associated with increased suicidality
Initial HIV therapy that contained the antiretroviral efavirenz was associated with increased risk for suicidal ideation, attempted suicide, and completed suicide in a recent study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/01/4.htm
1 Jul 2014
MKSAP Quiz: 3-day history of dysuria
A 26-year-old man is admitted to the emergency department with a 3-day history of dysuria with yellow urethral discharge. Following a physical exam and a Gram stain of urethral discharge, what is the most appropriate treatment?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/07/mksap.htm
1 Jul 2015
Treating HIV, teaching trainees motivate this internist
Valerie E. Stone, MD, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/10/profile.htm
1 Oct 2011
HPV vaccine efficacy increases, but use lags
Human papillomavirus immunization rates continue, for several reasons, to lag behind those of other vaccines. Experts are formulating new approaches for physicians and patients to ensure that HPV protection is as robust as possible.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/02/HPV.htm
1 Feb 2016
MKSAP Quiz: 1-week history of increasing foot pain
A 59-year-old woman is evaluated for a 1-week history of increasing pain of the right foot. She recalls stepping on a nail about 1 month before her symptoms began. The patient has a 5-year history of heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. She has an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, and her current medications are carvedilol, lisinopril, furosemide, and spironolactone. Following a physical examination and radiograph of the foot, what is the most appropriate next step to establish the diagnosis?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/23/3.htm
23 Sep 2014
New tickborne illness may present as human granulocytic anaplasmosis
Two patients originally diagnosed with human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) were found to have Borrelia miyamotoi infection instead, according to a new case report.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/02/4.htm
2 Jul 2013