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latent tuberculosis
latent tuberculosis
Recognizing Risk Factors for Latent Tuberculosis
09/21/2016
Zachary Obinna Enumah, MA; Jeffrey M. Chinsky, MD, PhD
A 16-year-old boy presented to the emergency department after being referred by his primary care physician for having failed outpatient therapy for pneumonia.
09/21/2016
What's Your Diagnosis?
Widespread urticarial plaques with tense bullae over the patients' legs
What's Your Diagnosis?
Pruritic Urticarial Plaques and Tense Bullae During a Second Trimester Pregnancy
03/04/2015
Elen Deng, BS; Jill Stachowski, BS; Marc Schlessel, MD; Thomas N. Helm, MD
A 34-year-old woman at 24 weeks gestation presented to the dermatology clinic with a 1-month history of worsening, painful, and pruritic skin eruption.
03/04/2015
cyst
cyst
Massive Splenic Cyst Infected with Salmonella Saintpaul
04/15/2014
Tameka Simpson, DO; Ramneet Wadehra, DO; Jamey Hourigan, DO; Alan Lucerna, DO
A previously healthy 18-year-old white male presented to the emergency room with complaint of sharp left upper quadrant pain—exacerbated with deep inspiration—that had been gradually worsening over the past...
04/15/2014
cyst
cyst
Massive Splenic Cyst Infected with Salmonella Saintpaul
04/15/2014
Tameka Simpson, DO; Ramneet Wadehra, DO; Jamey Hourigan, DO; Alan Lucerna, DO
A previously healthy 18-year-old white male presented to the emergency room with complaint of sharp left upper quadrant pain—exacerbated with deep inspiration—that had been gradually worsening over the past...
04/15/2014
cyst
cyst
Massive Splenic Cyst Infected with Salmonella Saintpaul
04/15/2014
Tameka Simpson, DO; Ramneet Wadehra, DO; Jamey Hourigan, DO; Alan Lucerna, DO
A previously healthy 18-year-old white male presented to the emergency room with complaint of sharp left upper quadrant pain—exacerbated with deep inspiration—that had been gradually worsening over the past...
04/15/2014
Photoclinic
Bacterial Toe Web Infection
Photoclinic
Bacterial Toe Web Infection
11/12/2013
A 44-year-old male presents to the emergency department with a 3-week history of rash on his left foot.
11/12/2013
Conjuctivitis
Conjuctivitis
Escherichia coli Conjunctivitis
09/26/2013
Wendy Hoffner, MD; Cyrus Golshani; Shagun Sachdeva, MD; Noureen J. Khan, MD
A full-term male infant, born via normal spontaneous vaginal delivery, presented at 17 hours of life with bilateral purulent conjunctivitis. Findings from the initial physical examination shortly after...
09/26/2013
Conjuctivitis
Conjuctivitis
Escherichia coli Conjunctivitis
09/26/2013
Wendy Hoffner, MD; Cyrus Golshani; Shagun Sachdeva, MD; Noureen J. Khan, MD
A full-term male infant, born via normal spontaneous vaginal delivery, presented at 17 hours of life with bilateral purulent conjunctivitis. Findings from the initial physical examination shortly after...
09/26/2013
Conjuctivitis
Conjuctivitis
Escherichia coli Conjunctivitis
09/26/2013
Wendy Hoffner, MD; Cyrus Golshani; Shagun Sachdeva, MD; Noureen J. Khan, MD
A full-term male infant, born via normal spontaneous vaginal delivery, presented at 17 hours of life with bilateral purulent conjunctivitis. Findings from the initial physical examination shortly after...
09/26/2013
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