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Conjuctivitis
Conjuctivitis
Escherichia coli Conjunctivitis
09/26/2013

CYRUS GOLSHANI, SHAGUN SACHDEVA, MD, WENDY HOFFNER, MD and NOUREEN J. KHAN, MD

CYRUS GOLSHANI, SHAGUN SACHDEVA,...
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
Dermatitis
Dermatitis
Treating Rare Fungal Infections: Chromoblastomycosis
07/23/2013

Leonora Culp, BS, Amir Al-Dabagh, BS, BA, and Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

Leonora Culp, BS, Amir Al-Dabagh, BS,...
First identified in the early 1910s, chromoblastomycosis—otherwise known as chromomycosis—is a subcutaneous dematiaceous fungal infection.
07/23/2013
Dermatitis
Dermatitis
Treating Rare Fungal Infections: Chromoblastomycosis
07/23/2013

Leonora Culp, BS, Amir Al-Dabagh, BS, BA, and Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

Leonora Culp, BS, Amir Al-Dabagh, BS,...
First identified in the early 1910s, chromoblastomycosis—otherwise known as chromomycosis—is a subcutaneous dematiaceous fungal infection.
07/23/2013
Clostridium difficile Colitis
Clostridium difficile Colitis
Clostridium difficile Infection: What You Need to Know
06/24/2013

SALLY ALRABAA, MD, PAMELA R. NOEL, MD, and TODD WILLS, MD
University of South Florida College of Medicine

Dr Alrabaa is assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious disease and international medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. She is affiliated with the Hillsborough County Health Department as a supervising attending physician in the specialty care clinic and as an investigator in the clinical research unit. Dr Noel is an infectious disease fellow at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. Dr Wills is associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the University of South Florida College of Medicine.

SALLY ALRABAA, MD, PAMELA R. NOEL, 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, and TODD WILLS, MD
University of South Florida College of Medicine

Dr Alrabaa is assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious disease and international medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. She is affiliated with the Hillsborough County Health Department as a supervising attending physician in the specialty care clinic and as an investigator in the clinical research unit. Dr Noel is an infectious disease fellow at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. Dr Wills is associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the University of South Florida College of Medicine.

SALLY ALRABAA, MD, PAMELA R. NOEL, 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, and TODD WILLS, MD
University of South Florida College of Medicine

Dr Alrabaa is assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious disease and international medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. She is affiliated with the Hillsborough County Health Department as a supervising attending physician in the specialty care clinic and as an investigator in the clinical research unit. Dr Noel is an infectious disease fellow at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. Dr Wills is associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the University of South Florida College of Medicine.

SALLY ALRABAA, MD, PAMELA R. NOEL, 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 Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Geriatrics

Steven R. Gambert, MD, AGSF, MACP Edi...
Not all diseases remain permanently cured, and recurrences and reactivation can occur later in life under certain circumstances.
09/12/2011
Herpes simplex
Herpes simplex
Herpes Simplex
04/30/2011

Sonia Arunabh, MD, Naveen Verma, MD, and Robert P. Blereau, MD

Sonia Arunabh, MD, Naveen Verma, MD, ...
These painful eczematous lesions at the angle of the mouth and the base of the nostrils had been present in a 52-year-old woman for 3 days.
04/30/2011
Herpes simplex
Herpes simplex
Herpes Simplex
04/30/2011

Sonia Arunabh, MD, Naveen Verma, MD, and Robert P. Blereau, MD

Sonia Arunabh, MD, Naveen Verma, MD, ...
These painful eczematous lesions at the angle of the mouth and the base of the nostrils had been present in a 52-year-old woman for 3 days.
04/30/2011
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Foot Intertrigo Caused by Gram-Negative Bacteria
04/30/2011

Walter K. Nahm, MD, PhD, of San Diego and Anju Pabby, MD, and Richard Laws, MD

Walter K. Nahm, MD, PhD, of San Diego...
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