By Ijeoma Ejigiri, Class of 2011
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Whooping cough. 100 day cough. Pertussis. These are the various names for the disease …
Category: ID
Clinical Correlations
Should You Eradicate Helicobacter Pylori Prior to Chronic NSAID Treatment?
January 19, 2011
By Joshua Smith, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
CASE: A 54-year-old Asian female with no significant past medical history presents to her primary care physician with the complaint of several weeks …
Myths and Realities: Does Vitamin C Work for the Common Cold?
January 7, 2011
By Carolyn Bevan, 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 a …
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 subjects …
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 blood …
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 an …
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
November 13, 2010Dana 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 …
How do you Manage the Adult with Perinatally Acquired Hepatitis B?
October 22, 2010
Nathaniel Rosso Smilowitz, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Hepatitis B virus is a DNA hepadnavirus affecting 1.25 million people in the United States and nearly 400 million worldwide. The virus is …