By Bradley Ching, Class of 2011
Faculty Peer Reviewed
 What do every road trip, football game halftime, and trans-continental plane flight have in common? Usually a disgusting toilet paired with …
Category: ID
Clinical Correlations
Case of the Month: Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Psoas Abscess with Acinetobacter Baumanii: Report of an Unusual Case
April 6, 2011
By Michael C. Brabeck, MD, Adam Davis, MD, and Shaun Rodgers, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
 Case:
A 56-year-old male was admitted to Bellevue Hospital Center with chronic back pain …
The Resurgence of Pertussis: Is Lack of Adult Vaccination to Blame?
February 23, 2011
By Ijeoma Ejigiri, Class of 2011
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Whooping cough. 100 day cough. Pertussis. These are the various names …
Should You Eradicate Helicobacter Pylori Prior to Chronic NSAID Treatment?
January 19, 2011
By Joshua Smith, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
CASE:Â A 54-year-old Asian female with no significant past medical history presents to her primary care physician with the complaint of several …
Myths and Realities: Does Vitamin C Work for the Common Cold?
January 7, 2011
By Carolyn Bevan, Â MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
It starts with a tickle in your throat. You feel a bit more tired after a day’s work, maybe your forehead feels …
Meeting Perspectives: The 2010 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Meeting
December 22, 2010Neal H. Steigbigel, M.D.
The recent IDSA meeting reviewed many important and interesting findings. Topics spanned a wide array of subjects, many of which are of importance and interest to all physicians.  These …
The Polymyxins: Why am I using them all the time, and what are they?
December 8, 2010
By Jon-Emile S Kenny
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 65-year-old female with locally advanced rectal cancer is admitted to the ICU, hypotensive and febrile. Her PICC line is removed and …
Grand Rounds: Influenza Pandemic
November 18, 2010
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 …