An elderly Black woman goes to visit her family in Jamaica. Soon after returning home to the United States she has a fever and presents to the Emergency Room for evaluation. She is triaged into a solitary room where no-one takes her vitals and no-one evaluates her. Instead, the Emergency Room physician places a call […]
Ebola Madness
The death toll of this year’s Ebola epidemic, the worst in history, has crossed the 4000 mark. Cases are expected to double every three to four weeks in the West African countries most affected. Despite the increased global response to the problem in the wake of two American medics acquiring the infection back in August, […]
Vancomycin – Fools Gold or the Holy Grail?
I’ve meant to write a post about the antibiotic vancomycin for many years. It is an antibiotic that has become a work-horse in so many hospitals. Many patients refer to it as “the powerful stuff”. Â Included in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, the most important medicines needed in a basic health system, it […]
Everybody is Talking about Ebola these Days
There are several infections that I am naturally scared of. One of these is Ebola virus disease (Ebola hemorrhagic fever) caused by one of several strains of an Ebola virus. It isn’t the only virus capable of causing a hemorrhagic fever however. Lassa fever, Marburg virus fever, yellow fever, which used to cause epidemics in […]
Babesiosis, Oh My!
It’s the middle of a regular workday. Consult for “VRE in urine” here, consult for “staph in blood ?contaminant” there. What a bore. I go about my business. Dragging, since I haven’t eaten breakfast and I really should make it to the cafeteria for lunch. Routine consult pops up on computer screen for patient in […]
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