Search results for "Infectious Diseases"
MKSAP Quiz: marked change in overall behavior
This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 27-year-old man with a marked change in behavior over a 6-month time frame.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/13/3.htm
13 Mar 2012
Guideline issued on acute bacterial rhinosinusitis
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) issued a new guideline last week on the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis, offering ways to distinguish bacterial from viral infection and stressing that antibiotic treatment is not necessary in the latter case.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/27/1.htm
27 Mar 2012
MKSAP Quiz: Screening urine culture grows E. coli
This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 65-year-old woman whose insurance policy screening reveals Escherichia coli.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/01/3.htm
1 May 2012
Programs start early to promote health careers
Rural facilities are recruiting their next generation of doctors early##mdash;from high school. They're offering paid, entry-level jobs to immerse the youngest scholars in a health care environment with the hope they'll pursue careers in the field.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/05/education.htm
1 May 2012
IDSA diabetic foot infection guideline covers diagnosis and treatment
A new clinical practice guideline from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) provides detailed instruction on diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/05/2.htm
5 Jun 2012
Better treatment, low awareness for hepatitis C
Amid rising rates of long-term hepatitis C infection, particularly among older populations, better treatments are able to treat the condition. But first, patients have to know they have it, and internists have to be able to recognize the diagnosis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/07/hepatitis.htm
1 Jul 2012
Free CME course offered on Lyme disease
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is offering a free online course on Lyme disease.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/07/24/7.htm
24 Jul 2012
‘Unlearning’ how to prescribe antibiotics
Health care leaders have spent endless hours trying to break a habit that's been surprisingly intractable: prescribing antibiotics when they're not warranted.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/09/antibiotics.htm
1 Sep 2012
Board of Governors announces Chair-elect candidates
Two nominees seek election for the Board of Governors, with results of an online vote to be announced mid-October.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/09/governors.htm
1 Sep 2012
Guidelines recommend judicious use of testing, antibiotics, children's tonsillectomies for strep
Most sore throats are caused by a virus, not streptococcus bacteria, and shouldn't be treated with antibiotics, suggest guidelines published this week by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/11/2.htm
11 Sep 2012