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Infectious Diseases

Breach in protocol ends in suit

By Ann W. Latner, JD February 12, 2010

Physicians fail to follow the clinic's rules, which appear unrealistic in retrospect, regarding PA supervision.

Hepatitis C: The Silent Epidemic

Kristin Faress Deutsch, FNP January 22, 2010

Four million people in the United States are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Many have had the virus for decades, without any symptoms, unknowingly passing it on to others.

Severe neck pain in a very sick patient

Ashok Vaghjimal, MD January 22, 2010

It was a typical Friday afternoon, and I was about to leave the hospital when a senior medical resident asked me to see Mrs. J , who had just been admitted to the floor from the emergency department.

Lung infiltrates complicate a common rash

Case and Analysis by Kirk M. Chan-Tack, MD, and Edward Adelstein, MD January 20, 2010

The vesicular rash spread rapidly from the face and mouth to cover the chest, back, arms, legs, and feet.

Zinc

Sherril Sego, MSN, FNP September 28, 2009

Do we finally have a cure for the common cold? The manufacturers of zinc preparations think so, but the data remain inconsistent.

Managing patients infected with H. pylori

Carl Sherman August 31, 2009

Effective treatment may ease the pain of peptic ulcer disease and gastritis, prevent progression of gastric malignancy, and ease iron deficiency anemia.

CDC issues recommendations on swine flu vaccination

July 31, 2009

The CDC has developed recommendations on who should receive the vaccine when it becomes available and determined who should be prioritized if the vaccine is initially available in extremely limited quantities.

New-onset neck and shoulder pain in an arthritis patient

Yvonne Dunn, MD, and Michelle Mizrachi, MD July 07, 2009

A UTI triggers complications in a patient with two forms of arthritis.

Impetigo: Taking on a common skin infection

Lauren Zajac, MHS, PA-C, and Abby Jacobson, MS, PA-C July 02, 2009

Seen frequently in children, this skin disease can affect patients of all ages. Knowing the proper therapy and how to prevent dissemination is crucial.

Repeat chest x-ray after positive PPD

June 05, 2009

Bedbugs do not cause illness

June 05, 2009

Bedbugs may be hard to get rid of but do not appear to carry disease.

Influenza A (H1N1)

Brian S. Alper, MD, MSPH June 04, 2009

The information (including management guidelines) for influenza A changes almost daily. Look here for the most recent findings.

Increasingly red and painful lesion coupled with joint pain and fever

Julia M. Hucks, APRN May 22, 2009

Over the course of 10 days in September, a sore on the patient's ankle grew in size, and he developed a petechial rash.

Prophylactic montelukast?

May 14, 2009

Should nightly dosing continue only through "cold season?"

RSV burden much heavier than expected

April 17, 2009

Respiratory syncytial virus is substantially underdiagnosed during pediatric office visits.

Pneumovax may not be effective

Brian S. Alper, MD, MSPH April 10, 2009

But Prevnar may decrease meningitis and pneumonia hospitalizations.

A tender finger papule, fever, and abdominal pain

Travis W. Vandergriff, MD, Kimberly M. Neyman, MD, AND Brian Dwinnell, MD April 01, 2009

A 54-year-old man complained of fevers and abdominal pain. Four days earlier, he had noted intense left upper-quadrant abdominal pain that was worse with inspiration and a throbbing pain in the distal left fifth digit.

Standard of care for MRSA infections

March 17, 2009

IV ceftriaxone no more effective than oral doxycycline for mild Lyme neuroborreliosis

Brian S. Alper, MD, MSPH March 13, 2009

For probable TB, use NAA test

March 06, 2009

Hepatitis outbreaks caused by carelessness

March 06, 2009

Sloppy clinical practices have caused 33 outbreaks of hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection in the past decade, the CDC reports after its first full-scale review of its own investigations.