Question 3 : Which of the following signs or symptoms is NOT helpful in distinguishing Clostridium difficile from antibiotic associated diarrhea? Which of the following is the most appropriate management: Question 2 : A middle aged female presents to clinic for an erythematous patch after returning from vacation to New Hampshire, which included outdoor activities such as biking and hiking. Question 1 : Which of the following does not preclude a patient from getting the flu vaccine? Test yourself w/these Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) before reading through the show notes! Answers at bottom of page. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at from Kashlak Memorial: 60 year old African female visit the clinic after seeing news that the flu vaccine isn’t effective and wanted advice on travel vaccines and prophylaxis her upcoming travel to visit friends and relatives in Africa. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Infographics and cover image by Matthew Watto, MD
Trivedi joins Matt and Paul as guest host. We discuss the man flu, the flu vaccine, travel medicine, malaria, lyme disease, post lyme syndrome, chronic lyme, shingles, cellulitis, abscesses, antibiotics, c diff, antibiotic associated diarrhea, the dangers of fluoroquinolones, why doxycycline is awesome, and more! Told you it was a potpourri. He is presently the principal investigator at the BWH AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, and is a member of the Cost-Effectiveness of Preventing AIDS Complications (CEPAC) Research Group.It’s a potpourri of Infectious Diseases with tips from expert, Dr Paul Sax, MD, Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Sax’s ongoing areas of research include clinical trials of antiretroviral therapies, cost-effectiveness of management strategies for HIV, and toxicity of antiretroviral therapy.
In addition to his clinical practice and teaching, Dr. Sax is the Associate Program Director for the Mass General Brigham fellowship in Infectious Diseases, is on the core faculty of the International Antiviral Society – USA, and teaches regularly on HIV and infectious diseases locally, nationally, and internationally. He is Editor-in-Chief of Open Forum Infectious Diseases, is Section Editor of HIV/AIDS in UpToDate, on the Editorial Board of NEJM Journal Watch Infectious Diseases (where he writes the HIV and ID Observations blog), and on the editorial advisory board of Medscape HIV/AIDS.
Sax received his MD from Harvard Medical School, did his residency in Internal Medicine at BWH, then fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital. Sax is Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), where he holds the Bruce and Robert Beal Distinguished Chair, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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