PulmCCM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Professional Medical Societies Call for Elimination of SEP-1 The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), along with societies for emergency medicine physicians and hospitalists, are again speaking up about the ongoing policy experiment known as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Management Bundle (SEP-1).

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Pediatric Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Specific testing for toxin is by an immunodiffusion assay called the Elek test which is only performed by the CDC in the U.S. Diphtheria is a reportable disease in the U.S. What other infectious diseases are toxin-mediated? doi:10.2217/fmb-2021-0167 Centers for Disease Control. Accessed June 26, 2023.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 25, 2025

From Reactive to Proactive The implications for NIH (and potentially the FDA and CDC) are profound. He is the Vice Chief of Innovation (Division of Infectious Disease) and Head of AI (Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute) at UC San Diego Medicine. He is also the Head of Strategy for Medeloop.

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ALiEM

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Serological studies in disseminated disease are highly sensitive and the CDC recommends two-step testing such as an enzyme immunoassay or immunofluorescent antibody assay followed by a Western blot if the initial testing is positive or equivocal. Treatment of disseminated Lyme depends on the systems involved. JAMA Dermatol.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 4, 2025

And so I do encourage you to be familiar with some of the information provided by the CDC as long as it’s still online. So as of the 2023-24 school year, about 3.3% 2023 translates to about 80,000 kids in the United States, and vaccination coverage varies across states. So in the 2023-24 school year. Unfortunately.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Chiodini 2018) Use Azithromycin for travelers from areas of XDR Salmonella Typhi , per the CDC recommendation that currently refers to those with recent travels to Pakistan and Iraq. An Appraisal of the Clinical Features of Pediatric Enteric Fever: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Age-Stratified Disease Occurrence.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Open-access image reference: By Giovanni Maki, derived from a CDC image at [link] – Basáñez M-G, Pion SDS, Churcher TS, Breitling LP, Little MP, et al. Updated 2023 Aug 25]. Microfilariae persist in the human host for 3– 5 years, a much shorter period of time than the adult female worm. 13 Figure 1. volvulus life cycle.

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ALiEM

JUNE 5, 2023

Bacillus anthracis Group A streptococcus Pseudomonas aeruginosa Staphylococcus aureus (Photo credit: CDC/ James H. Anthrax is a serious infectious disease caused by gram positive, rod shaped, bacteria known as Bacillus anthracis [1]. Notify the CDC via the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

IgG Predominant with low IgM and absent IgA CSF VDRL is the gold standard test and the only non-treponemal test recommended by the CDC [4] The test lacks sensitivity (27-98.3%); the specificity is somewhere between 74-100% [17] Visibly blood-stained CSF should not be used for assessment. Penicillin remains the mainstay of treatment.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

1 By the end of 2023, 117.3 4,5 Of particular concern is the Sudanese conflict, which began in April 2023, and which has caused the largest internal displacement of a population in documented history. 43% of refugees admitted into the US in the first 8 months of the 2023 fiscal year were from Africa. of the global population.

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EMDocs

MARCH 24, 2025

1 Over the decades, HIV has transitioned from being a terminal illness to a manageable chronic condition for many individuals due to improved knowledge in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease globally. The Path That Ends AIDS: UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2023.; x Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This PHEIC status was lifted in May 2023 following a consistent global decline in case numbers. 2 Beginning in January 2023, the DRC documented a record number of annual suspected cases of clade 1 mpox, specifically classified as Clade 1b. as these animals can contribute to the spread of disease. In: CDC Yellowbook.

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