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Clostridium difficile Colitis
Clostridium difficile Colitis
Clostridium difficile Infection: What You Need to Know
06/24/2013
Sally Alrabaa, MD; Pamela R. Noel, MD; Todd Wills, MD
Clostridium difficile infections are among the most common and most serious healthcare-associated infections in the United States.
06/24/2013
Clostridium difficile Colitis
Clostridium difficile Colitis
Clostridium difficile Infection: What You Need to Know
06/24/2013
Sally Alrabaa, MD; Pamela R. Noel, MD; Todd Wills, MD
Clostridium difficile infections are among the most common and most serious healthcare-associated infections in the United States.
06/24/2013
Physician's Perspective
Physician's Perspective
Prevention of Tuberculosis Reactivation in an Elderly Patient: A Complex Case
09/12/2011
Steven R. Gambert, MD, AGSF, MACP
Not all diseases remain permanently cured, and recurrences and reactivation can occur later in life under certain circumstances.
09/12/2011
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Foot Intertrigo Caused by Gram-Negative Bacteria
04/30/2011
Walter K. Nahm, MD, PhD; Anju Pabby, MD; Richard Laws, MD
For a year, a 31-year-old man had asymptomatic, malodorous discoloration of the toe web spaces. He stated that his feet perspire heavily in the boots he is required to wear for work.
04/30/2011
Pediatrics
Schizencephaly
Pediatrics
Photoclinic: Schizencephaly
04/29/2011
Atiya Khan, MD, MRCP; Suzy Mascaro-Walter, MSN, CFNP
Schizencephaly can be unilateral or bilateral and may present as an isolated malformation or be associated with other brain abnormalities.
04/29/2011
herpes infection
herpes infection
Photo Essay: Images of Tuberculosis
04/29/2011
Wolfgang P. Rennert, MD, DMSc, DTM&H
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one the most important infectious diseases in the world.
04/29/2011
Ticks
Ticks
Diagnostic Challenges Associated With Pediatric Tuberculosis: 2 Cases
04/29/2011
The following cases review the current diagnostic challenges associated with pediatric tuberculosis (TB) and the recommended anti-TB treatment protocol.
04/29/2011
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Foot Gangrene From Complication of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
12/09/2009
Zheng Bi, MD; Hong Y. Liu, MD, MS
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia is a serious, immune system–mediated complication of heparin therapy, and in one case caused Gangrene on a patient’s feet.
12/09/2009