Infectious Diseases
- Disseminated invasive aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient
The patient, who has COPD, will require lifelong antifungal treatment.
- Measles: A dangerous vaccine-preventable disease returns
Vaccine refusal and global unrest have led to an alarming upswing in measles cases.
- Infection or not infection, that is the question—Is procalcitonin the answer?
What is different about procalcitonin that allows it to succeed as a biomarker where CRP and the ESR have failed?
- Human papillomavirus March 2019
Readers comment on aleukemic leukemia cutis (February 2019) and on human papillomavirus vaccination (March 2019).
- Can procalcitonin guide decisions about antibiotic management?
Yes, but clinical judgment must still be exercised.
- Acute kidney injury after hip or knee replacement: Can we lower the risk?
Various risk factors have been identified, and some are potentially modifiable.
- Unusual effects of common antibiotics
Less recognized but potentially serious adverse effects of commonly prescribed antibiotics.
- Flu or strep? Rapid tests can mislead
Group A streptococci are common colonizers with viral pharyngitis.
- Norwegian scabies
Norwegian scabies is extremely contagious, and outbreaks can spread in institutions.