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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
Dermatitis
Dermatitis
Treating Rare Fungal Infections: Chromoblastomycosis
07/23/2013
Amir Al-Dabagh, BA, BS; Leonora Culp, MD, BS; Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD
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
Amir Al-Dabagh, BA, BS; Leonora Culp, MD, BS; Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD
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; 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
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
Herpes simplex
Herpes simplex
Herpes Simplex
04/30/2011
Naveen Verma, MD; Robert P. Blereau, MD; Sonia Arunabh Talwar, 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
Naveen Verma, MD; Robert P. Blereau, MD; Sonia Arunabh Talwar, 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; 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