Infectious Diseases
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Slow-Growing Pink Nodule in an Active-Duty Service Member
A 36-year-old active-duty male service member with no notable medical history presented to the dermatology clinic with an asymptomatic nodule on...
News
ACIP issues adult vaccination schedule 2022
“Providers should administer all due and overdue vaccines according to the routine immunization schedule during the same visit.”
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A 34-year-old male presented with 10 days of a pruritic rash
A patient presents with targetoid erythematous papules and vesicles on his extremities and trunk, genital lesions, scaly bullous lesions...
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Derms in survey say climate change is impacting their patients
“Physicians, including dermatologists, are starting to understand the impact of the climate crisis on both their patients and themselves.”
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Review finds anti-staphylococcus treatments have little impact on eczema
In four studies, oral antibiotics “may make no difference in terms of good or excellent global improvement in infants and children at 14 to 28...
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Indurated Violaceous Lesions on the Face, Trunk, and Legs
A 25-year-old man with no notable medical history presented to the dermatology clinic with growing selfdescribed cysts on the face, trunk, and...
From the Journals
Antibody mix may prevent COVID symptoms in some asymptomatic people
The results suggest new potential for monoclonal antibodies currently used for postexposure prophylaxis and treatment of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2....
Opinion
Another winter for our discontent
I have figured out that I am not good at predicting what will happen next, and the experts don’t seem to be much better.
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Omicron survives longer on plastic, skin than other COVID variants
The study found that the variants had more resistance to ethanol than the original strain of COVID.
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Presence of autoantibodies most predictive of long COVID in study
Whether a patient receives therapies controlling hyperinflammation in the acute stage of COVID may influence whether a patient experiences long...
Commentary
Ways to make sure 2022 doesn’t stink for docs
Engagement models definitely give us excellent starting points to approach engagement from a pre-COVID era.