By Julian Horwitz
Peer Reviewed
As of mid-August 2012, the CDC had reported 1118 cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infections and 41 related deaths, which, pro rata, made 2012 the most prolific …
Category: ID
Clinical Correlations
Can Young Patients Get Diverticular Disease?
January 23, 2014
By Aaron Smith, MD
Peer Reviewed
Case: A 35 year-old, overweight female presents to the emergency room with five days of left lower quadrant abdominal pain. The pain is 10/10 in severity and …
Who Should We Screen for Hepatitis C: By Risk Or Birth Cohort?
January 8, 2014
By Jung-Eun Ha
Peer Reviewed
Over the last few years major changes have occurred in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C. In 2011 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …
Barriers to Translating Evidence into Clinical Care: the Zoster Vaccine
December 13, 2013
Zachary Elkin
Faculty Peer Reviewed
There are more than a million cases of herpes zoster (HZ) in the US annually [1-3]. The incidence of HZ, or shingles, has been rising in the …
From The Archives: The Polymyxins: Why am I using them all the time, and what are they?
November 21, 2013
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated 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 …
Barriers to Translating Evidence into Clinical Care: the Zoster Vaccine
October 10, 2013
By Zachary Elkin
Faculty Peer Reviewed
There are more than a million cases of herpes zoster (HZ) in the US annually [1-3]. The incidence of HZ, or shingles, has been rising in …
Diagnostic Dilemma-Poststreptococcal Reactive Arthritis in a Pregnant Woman
September 18, 2013
By Bryan Stierman and Todd Cutler, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Case Presentation
A 35-year-old Hispanic woman presented to the emergency room with severe joint pain and swelling for one week.
The patient had a …
Promising New Hepatitis C Medications Raise Hopes, Questions
January 17, 2013
By Carl M. Gay, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A healthy 61-year old man with a history of chronic genotype 1b hepatitis C virus infection of unknown duration arrives for his semiannual appointment …