Search results for "Infectious Disease"
MKSAP Quiz: 2-month history of painless, violaceous skin nodules with edema
The correct answer is D. Human herpes virus type 8. This item is Question 47 in MKSAP 18's Infectious Disease section. ... Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (HHV-4) is the main cause of infectious mononucleosis presenting with fever, exudative pharyngitis,
October 2019
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
Participating in Maintenance of Certification. Dr. Tan. Present positions: Professor of internal medicine, co-course director, infection and immunity, vice-chair, infectious disease section, NEOMED; lead physician-SHMG-infectious diseases, assistant
November 2020
AMA's immediate past president reflects on medicine's future
As she steps down from her presidency and returns to her work as a primary care physician and infectious disease specialist at a Ryan White HIV clinic in Lexington, Ky., she
October 2014
MKSAP Quiz: 6-week history of weight loss
The correct answer is C. Isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol. This item is Question 23 in MKSAP 19's Infectious Disease section. ... soon as possible to prevent further disease progression and transmission.
January 2022
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
The remaining six sections (Endocrinology and Metabolism, General Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Rheumatology) will launch in 2020.
February 2020
A little girl's dream: The path to becoming ACP President
You are the acting cardiologist, gastroenterologist, endocrinologist, infectious disease expert, and, as a woman physician, the de facto gynecologist.
April 2021
Breaking barriers to buprenorphine
retention in treatment programs and decreases overdose, drug use, infectious disease transmission, and criminal activity, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
September 2018
Applying ACP's advice for shorter courses of antibiotics
and outpatient settings: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation and acute uncomplicated bronchitis, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), uncomplicated urinary tract infection, and cellulitis. ... Rice, MD, FACP, first called out the
October 2021
Test yourself
The correct answer is E. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. This content is available to MKSAP 18 subscribers as Question 42 in the Infectious Disease section. ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states no effective alternative treatments have
February 2020
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation for a skin eruption
The correct answer is A: Prescribe doxycycline. This question can be found in MKSAP 17 in the Infectious Disease section, item 85. ... STARI also presents as erythema migrans and can be identical to Lyme disease.
October 2016