Search results for "Tuberculosis"
Rifampin appears less costly than isoniazid for latent TB treatment
Data from two randomized clinical trials in adults and children found that both health system use and costs were higher with nine months of isoniazid versus four months of rifampin.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/16/2.htm
16 Jun 2020
Obituaries
James “Jim” Garland Nuckolls, MD, MACP, died on Jan. 6, 2020, at age 80, and Whitney W. Addington, MD, MACP, died on Feb. 10, 2020, at age 84.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/03/obituaries.htm
1 Mar 2020
Diagnosis at 10 paces for bitemporal wasting
In a new series, Pearls from I.M. Peers, Paul Dallas, MD, MACP, explains how making a simple observation in a patient could indicate a serious diagnosis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/01/diagnosis-at-10-paces-for-bitemporal-wasting.htm
1 Jan 2022
Shorter regimens can boost adherence in latent TB infection
Treatment is essential to reducing disease incidence.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/01/shorter-regimens-can-boost-adherence-in-latent-tb-infection.htm
1 Jan 2020
Bringing medicine to the streets
A newly formed street medicine fellowship is allowing academic centers and cities to bring care to homeless patients instead of waiting for them to present to a hospital or shelter.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/07/bringing-medicine-to-the-streets.htm
1 Jul 2019
Managing superbugs in your community
General internists are poised to assume a key role in tackling the increasingly formidable threat of antimicrobial resistance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/superbugs.htm
1 May 2017
MKSAP quiz: 5-day history of nodules
A 29-year-old woman is evaluated for a 5-day history of nodules over her lower extremities. She reports that she regularly visits a local spa that uses whirlpool footbaths during her pedicure procedures; she always shaves her legs with a razor before these visits. Medical history is unremarkable, and she takes no medications. Following a physical exam, punch biopsy of a lesion, and tissue cultures, what is the most likely cause of infection?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/11/3.htm
11 Apr 2017
MKSAP Quiz: 3-month history of night sweats, weight loss, increasing cough
A 70-year-old man is evaluated for a 3-month history of night sweats, weight loss, and increasing cough. He is a retired miner, and his medical history is significant for a diagnosis of pulmonary silicosis made 15 years ago based on exposure history and characteristic chest radiographic findings. He is a lifelong nonsmoker. Following a physical exam and a chest radiograph that shows multiple small nodules that appear throughout all lung zones, what is the most appropriate next step in management?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/12/10/3.htm
10 Dec 2013
New Bedside Rounds podcast examines “The White Plague”
Learn how physicians and reformers developed ways to fight tuberculosis.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/16/4.htm
16 Oct 2018
Rifamycin-containing regimens appear effective, well tolerated for preventing latent TB reactivation
At least 3 months of therapy with rifamycin-containing regimens was reasonably well tolerated, efficacious, and possibly better than isoniazid (INH) monotherapy for preventing patients with latent tuberculosis (TB) infection from developing active cases in countries with a low TB incidence, a meta-analysis concluded.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/12/2.htm
12 Aug 2014