Hatim Omar, MD, FAAP
Dr. Omar is a Professor in Pediatrics and Obstetrics Gynecology and Director of Adolescent Medicine and Young Parent Program at the University of...
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Lawrence Rice, MD
Dr. Lawrence Rice is Professor of Medicine in Hematology and Thrombosis Research. He has been Program Director of Hematology...
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Arthur Kavanaugh, MD
Dr. Kavanaugh is Professor of Medicine at The University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine and the Director of the Center for...
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Elliott M. Antman, MD, FACC
Dr. Antman is director of the Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit in the Cardiovascular Division of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston,...
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Emergency Department (ED) physicians commonly serve as the first healthcare provider contact for patients with a variety of community-acquired cutaneous and respiratory tract infections. As such, they must rapidly make a diagnosis, determine the severity of the process, and institute appropriate empiric therapy. In recent years, drug-resistant bacterial infections have become more common in the community, particularly CA-MRSA. In addition, the spectrum of pneumonias has been expanded to...
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remain one of the leading causes of death in the United States (US). As of December 2004, an estimated 944,306 persons have received a diagnosis of AIDS and of these, 529,113 have died. Since 1994, the annual number of HIV cases among blacks and other racial/ethnic minority populations, as well as new groups of individuals exposed through heterosexual contact has increased...
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Patricia R. Jennings, DrPH, PA-C
Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Project Director, Alabama/North Carolina
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STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Each year an estimated 15 million new STD infections occur in the United States, and nearly 4 million teenagers are infected with an STD. The direct and indirect costs of the major STDs and their complications, including sexually transmitted HIV infection, are conservatively estimated at $17 billion annually.
Genital dermatology encompasses a wide variety of lesions and skin rashes that affect the genital area. Some are found only on the...
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Laura H. Bachmann, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and International Health
UAB Schools of Medicine...
Antibiotics: Practice Pearls for the Emergency Department Physician has been developed to provide an overview of the general principles of antibiotic therapy and includes a review the currentclasses of antibiotics available to the emergency department (ED)physician and outlines their place in the clinical armamentarium. Aspects such as indications, dosing schedules, and common adverse effects will be discussed.
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David L. Paterson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director of the Antibiotic...
Consequences of teen sexual practices amount to almost a million pregnancies, several million sexually transmitted infections and numerous psychological problems. This is directly related to adolescent problems as well as psychosocial and economic factors. Health care providers can make a difference by understanding teen sexuality and learning how to talk to teens.
STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from State health departments. Of the top 10 infections, 5 were STDs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, AIDS, syphilis, and hepatitis B). Each year an estimated 15 million new STD...
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Patricia R. Jennings, DrPH, PA-C
Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Project Director, Alabama/North Carolina
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Since most experts predict there will be bioterrorism attacks and they may in fact come sooner rather than later, the United States Health Care System must be prepared to care for patients who are both injured but to also care for citizens in the locality who have been exposed to various agents of bioterrorism. This program is designed to help individual clinicians to be better prepared to fully participate in these efforts. All healthcare systems, including both the public and private...
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Robert P. Rapp, PharmD, FCCP
Associate Director of Pharmacy Services
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for Infectious Diseases
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STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from State health departments. Of the top 10 infections, 5 were STDs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, AIDS, syphilis, and hepatitis B). Each year an estimated 15 million new STD...
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Edward W. Hook III, MD
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Epidemiology
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department...
STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from State health departments. Of the top 10 infections, 5 were STDs (Chlamydia, gonorrhea, AIDS, syphilis, and hepatitis B). Each year an estimated 15 million new...
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Jane R. Schwebke, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) first appeared less than one year after the clinical introduction of methicillin. Despite this early appearance, MRSA did not become a significant and common clinical problem until the 1980s. Since that time, national rates of MRSA past 50%. In addition, a new therapeutic dilemma has emerged; that of community-associated MRSA (caMRSA). This emergence has brought new complexity to the diagnosis and treatment of outpatient infections,...
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Craig Martin, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases
University of Kentucky Medical Center,...
STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from State health departments. Of the top 10 infections, 5 were STDs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, AIDS, syphilis, and hepatitis B). Each year an estimated 15 million new...
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Elizabeth Turnipseed, MD, MSPH
Director, Disease Control
Jefferson County Department of Health
Voluntary Assistant Clinical...
Since most experts predict there will be bioterrorism attacks and they may in fact come sooner rather than later, the United States Health Care System must be prepared to care for patients who are both injured but to also care for citizens in the locality who have been exposed to various agents of bioterrorism. This program is designed to help individual clinicians to be better prepared to fully participate in these efforts. All healthcare systems, including both the public and private...
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Craig Martin, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases
University of Kentucky Medical Center,...
STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for 87 percent of the top 10 infections most frequently reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from State health departments. Of the top 10 infections, 5 were STDs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, AIDS, syphilis, and hepatitis B). Each year an estimated 15 million new STD...
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William M. Geisler, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology
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Since most experts predict there will be bioterrorism attacks and they may in fact come sooner rather than later, the United States Health Care System must be prepared to care for patients who are both injured but to also care for citizens in the locality who have been exposed to various agents of bioterrorism. This program is designed to help individual clinicians to be better prepared to fully participate in these efforts. All healthcare systems, including both the public and private...
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Craig Martin, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases
University of Kentucky Medical Center,...
Social and clinical advances in the management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) continue to occur across the globe. Significant accomplishments include reductions in HIV-associated morbidity and mortality, introduction of less complex medications and dosing regimens, more thorough understandings of the processes surrounding HIV infection, and development of stronger social program infrastructures. As efforts to combat HIV and...
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