Infectious Diseases
- COVID-19 diagnostic testing and the psychology of precautions fatigue
Overuse of special precautions can lead to diminished vigilance.
- Cryptosporidiosis in an immunosuppressed patient with persistent diarrhea
A 29-year-old lung transplant recipient presents with diarrhea lasting 1 month.
- COVID-19 coagulopathy
Skepticism of high-intensity prophylaxis for patients with D-dimer ≥ 3.0 µg/mL.
- In Reply: COVID-19 coagulopathy
An attempt to balance the potential risks and benefits of intensified prophylaxis.
- Double the reasons for giving the flu vaccine in 2020
Limiting the impact of other diseases, possibly including COVID-19.
- COVID-19 and flu: Dual threat, dual opportunity
Measures to combat COVID-19 can minimize the impact of flu, and vice versa.
- Does my healthy 65-year-old patient still need the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)?
The short answer is no—but it is not that simple.