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 …
Category: Systems
Clinical Correlations
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 …
Mystery Quiz
November 10, 2010Dana 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 …
Breaking News: Lung Cancer Screening Shows Mortality Benefit
November 5, 2010
By David Hormozdi, MD
The weather outside may be cooling off but the debate surrounding lung cancer screening is heating up once again as preliminary results released from The National …
Creatine Kinase: How Much is Too Much?
November 3, 2010
By Jon-Emile Kenny, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 37-year-old man, with no past medical history and taking finasteride for male pattern baldness, is admitted to Medicine with profound lower …
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis-An Evolving Disease Entity
October 27, 2010
By Kevin Hsueh, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In 2006 and 2007, Clinical Correlations reported on the FDA’s announcement of a link between Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF), a rare progressive …
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 …
From the Archives: Should All Patients with Cellulitis Be Treated for Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus?
October 14, 2010Please enjoy a post from the Clinical Correlations Archives, first posted 1/22/09
Commentary by Melanie Maslow, MD, FACP, Associate Professor of Medicine, NYUSOM, Chief, Infectious Diseases, New York Harbor Healthcare System, NY
Faculty …