I must admit, there have been many days in the past year when I resented work. Life often seems like a hamster wheel – the harder you run, the more tired you get, but you never get ahead. Fighting with insurance companies, dealing with difficult patients, worrying in the face of disease, sadness, death, I [...]
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First let me say that technically there are two correct answers, although I added an adjective to the choices that made it a little easier to separate the two. The answer is: MRSA. Up to approximately two years ago, MRSA was limited to hospitalized patients. In general, it was not an invasive organism, but its [...]
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OK – back to pediatrics. This one is quick. 8-day old male presents to the office with rash in diaper area. Mother noted it 4 days prior to the visit and had since gotten progressively worse. He was born full-term via c-section after an uncomplicated pregnancy. No significant problems prior to developing the rash. On [...]
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