Category: Systems

Clinical Correlations


Proton Pump Inhibitors 2.0

By Mary C. Whitman, MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are generally considered “safe” medications[1] and are prescribed to over 100 million patients per year for a variety of indications, often for long …

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Grand Rounds: Influenza Pandemic

Grand Rounds ID 6 min read

Summary by Lakshmi Tummala, MD

The Medical Grand Rounds lecture on October 6, 2010 titled “Influenza 2010: Update after the 2009 Pandemic was presented by Dr. Alicia Fry, M.D., MPH an epidemiologist …

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Mystery Quiz- The Answer

Dana Clutter, MD

Edited by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors

Faculty peer reviewed

The answer to the mystery quiz is bacillary angiomatosis (BA). BA is a disease that most frequently affects individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and typically …

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Mystery Quiz

Dana Clutter, MD

Edited by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors

A 25 year old woman infected with HIV presents to an HIV/AIDS clinic in Kampala, Uganda, for evaluation of cutaneous lesions on her face, arms and back. Aside from the disfiguring nature of her lesions, she …

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