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What's the Take Home?
A 66-Year-Old Man With Severe Fatigue
05/26/2023

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor
A 66-year-old man presented to our clinic with new fatigue and several weeks of exhaustion.
05/26/2023
Photoclinic
Figure 1_CT neck with Contrast in Sagittal View
Photoclinic
Lemierre Syndrome Caused by MRSA in an Infant
05/03/2023

Mathews Roy, MD • Kaili Yang, MD • Amee Patel, MD, MPH

Mathews Roy, MD • Kaili Yang, MD • Amee Patel, MD, MPH
A 9-month-old girl presented to our emergency room with an atraumatic right-sided neck mass that was tender to palpation.
05/03/2023
Video
Dana Orange
Video
The Presence of Periodontal Disease in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
04/20/2023
In this video, Dana Orange, MD, MSc, and William H. Robinson, MD, PhD, discuss their study, “Oral mucosal breaks trigger anti-citrullinated bacterial and human protein antibody responses in rheumatoid...
04/20/2023
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Bacteria in a petri dish.
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Pop Quiz: Blindness From Bacterium
03/04/2023
About 1.9 million people worldwide are affected by this bacterium, which is the leading cause of blindness from an infectious disease. Do you know which bacterium it is?
03/04/2023
otitis media
Ear exam
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Pediatric Pearls: Treatment for Recurrent Ear Infections
07/07/2022
A 24-month-old boy presents with his parents to the pediatric clinic with an ear infection for the fourth time in the past year. The parents ask if there are any other treatments that may work better at...
07/07/2022
Treatment
Treatment
Pop Quiz: Total Treatment Duration of Drug-Resistant TB
06/03/2022
The ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline on the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis outlines new recommendations for the intensive and continuation phases of treatment. Do you know the...
06/03/2022
Photo Quiz
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Photo Quiz
A Nonhealing Ulcer With Secondary Enlarging Nodules in a Linear Distribution
05/13/2022
A 19-year-old man on active military duty presented with a nonhealing ulcer on his dorsal right hand accompanied by enlarging nodules in a linear distribution on his right arm and forearm.
05/13/2022
Skin Infection
eyebrow infection
Skin Infection
Interactive Quiz: Pruritic Rash Involving the Eyebrows
07/07/2021
In our latest interactive quiz, we describe the case of a 69-year-old woman who presented with a pruritic rash involving her eyebrows, associated with lymphadenopathy of her face and neck. Can you make the...
07/07/2021

Clinical Insights

Video
Dana Orange
Video
The Presence of Periodontal Disease in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
04/20/2023
In this video, Dana Orange, MD, MSc, and William H. Robinson, MD, PhD, discuss their study, “Oral mucosal breaks trigger anti-citrullinated bacterial and human protein antibody responses in rheumatoid...
04/20/2023
Expert Q&A
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Expert Q&A
Increased Risk of Post-Discharge CVD Events Among Survivors of Sepsis
03/02/2023
03/02/2023
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Carlo A. Fallone, MD
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Helicobacter pylori Treatment Guidelines
05/27/2022
A research team recently reviewed guidelines developed by expert groups in Europe, Canada, and the United States for the treatment of H pylori infection. Lead author Carlo A. Fallone, MD, from McGill...
05/27/2022
Bacterial Infections
Kevin Downes
Bacterial Infections
Procalcitonin as a Marker for Sepsis
04/08/2022
04/08/2022
Preventive Medicine
Melanie Taylor, MD, MPH
Preventive Medicine
Congenital Syphilis and Penicillin as Prevention
02/08/2022
02/08/2022