Search results for "Infectious Disease"
MKSAP Quiz: 1-week history of increasing foot pain
A 59-year-old woman is evaluated for a 1-week history of increasing pain of the right foot. She recalls stepping on a nail about 1 month before her symptoms began. The patient has a 5-year history of heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. She has an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, and her current medications are carvedilol, lisinopril, furosemide, and spironolactone. Following a physical examination and radiograph of the foot, what is the most appropriate next step to establish the diagnosis?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/23/3.htm
23 Sep 2014
MRSA declined between 2005 and 2011, especially hospital-onset infections
There were fewer invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the U.S. in 2011 than in 2005, and the reduction was greatest for health care-associated infections, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/24/6.htm
24 Sep 2013
Central line infections in ICUs fell 58% between 2001 and 2009
Endocrine Society launches diabetes e-learning initiative
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/08/7.htm
8 Mar 2011
Indian Health Service reaches across borders within the U.S.
A partnership allows staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston to collaborate with physicians who serve Navajo Nation, a medically underserved population in New Mexico.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/IHS.htm
1 Mar 2012
New info on common outpatient infections
Expert offers recommendations on UTIs, sinusitis and MRSA.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/07/infections.htm
1 Jul 2008
Antibiotic use confers up to tenfold risk of C. diff infection
A patient's risk of developing Clostridium difficile infection is 7 to 10 times higher during antibiotic therapy and in the month after stopping, and an elevated risk still exists three months after stopping antibiotics, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/13/5.htm
13 Mar 2012
CDC updates treatment, surveillance recommendations for gonorrhea
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its recommendations for treatment and surveillance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection, according to a recent report.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/19/4.htm
19 Jul 2011
Genetic tests are being used more, and they're worth it
Molecular diagnostics tests could cost Americans $15 billion to $25 billion by the end of the next decade. Physicians believe the tests are warranted, although they're skeptical about costs and their ability to interpret them properly for patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/05/genomics.htm
1 May 2012
Herpes zoster vaccine safe and effective, but cost may hinder its use
Herpes zoster vaccine safe and effective, but cost may hinder its use
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/04/4.htm
4 May 2010
MKSAP Quiz: 5-day history of a lesion
A 31-year-old woman is evaluated for a 5-day history of a nonpainful cutaneous lesion on the back of her left hand. She works as a packer in a parcel distribution center. She does not recall injury to this area and reports no unusual employment or recreational exposures. She has not had fever, cough, shortness of breath, headache, chest discomfort, or gastrointestinal symptoms. Yesterday, two coworkers were evaluated for similar lesions. Her husband has recently been prescribed an antibiotic after being diagnosed with a “boil” from which methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was cultured. Her only medication is an oral contraceptive pill. What is the most appropriate management?
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/02/mksap-quiz-5-day-history-of-a-lesion.htm
1 Feb 2018