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Carrimycin May Enhance Immune Response in Patients With Tumors and Sepsis
10/16/2024
Miranda Manier, BA
A recent study found that carrimycin significantly improved immune function and reduced disease severity in patients with tumors who have sepsis, highlighting its potential as an effective immune-modulating...
10/16/2024
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photoclinic
Unilateral Empyema Caused by Cutibacterium acnes in a Patient With Hepatic Abscess and History of Mastectomy
10/09/2024
Preslav Valchev, MD; Jerry Kenmoe, MD; Narjis Batool, MD
A 74-year-old woman with a past medical history of stage 4 invasive ductal carcinoma presented to the emergency department with fatigue and gradually worsening dyspnea during the past 2 months.
10/09/2024
Case in point
Bacteria
Case in point
Type F Botulism Due to Clostridium baratii
09/11/2024
Emily Penrose, MS; Kerry Ohlson, RN, BSN; Kristine Voos, BS, CHES; Brenden A. Bedard, MPH; Paul A. Petit, MSL
This paper summarizes a case of botulism in a 69-year-old man caused by Clostridium baratii (C. baratii) type F toxin and the resultant investigation conducted at a local health department. The case is...
09/11/2024

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Pop Quiz
Bacteria in a petri dish.
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
otitis media
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

Case Report Insights
Cooper
Case Report Insights
A Case of Bacteremia and Sepsis in a Pediatric Patient
09/01/2024

Felicia Cooper, MD • Drew Burgess

 

Felicia Cooper, MD • Drew Burgess &n...
In this Consultant Case Report Insights, Felicia Cooper, MD, and Drew Burgess speak about their study, "Slide Injury Leading to Bacteremia and Sepsis in a Pediatric Patient.” Dr Cooper and Ms Burgess...
09/01/2024
Expert Q&A
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Expert Q&A
Increased Risk of Post-Discharge CVD Events Among Survivors of Sepsis
06/09/2024
In this interview, Jacob C. Jentzer, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota discusses the implications of his study and...
06/09/2024
Case Report Insights
Matthew Nemoy
Case Report Insights
How to Diagnose and Treat a Rare Disease: A Case of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
04/24/2024

Matthew Nemoy, DO

Matthew Nemoy, DO
In this Consultant Case Report Insights, Matthew Nemoy, DO, discusses his team’s study, “Supraclavicular Lymphadenopathy as the Presenting Feature of Disseminated Mycobacterium Tuberculosis,” including the...
04/24/2024
Video
Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH
Video
Preoperative Skin Antisepsis With Iodine Povacrylex Produced Fewer SSIs Compared With Chlorhexidine Gluconate Among Those With Closed Fracture
03/01/2024

Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH

Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH
In this video, Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH, reviews his recent study that compared two well-known preoperative skin antisepsis solutions with alcohol for patients with either closed or open extremity...
03/01/2024
Video
Dana Orange
Video
The Presence of Periodontal Disease in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
12/23/2023
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...
12/23/2023