Infectious Diseases
Residency Roundup
Disaster Preparedness in Dermatology Residency Programs
Dermatology residency programs should prioritize the development of disaster preparedness plans prior to the onset of disasters.
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HPV vaccine effectiveness dependent on age at receipt
HPV vaccination does not have any therapeutic effect on HPV infections already acquired, which is likely to explain the difference in infection...
Case Reports
Mycetomalike Skin Infection Due to Gordonia bronchialis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Gordonia bronchialis is a partially acid-fast, gram-positive rod that has been found in a variety of nosocomial infections, most...
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Genital HSV shedding declines rapidly in first year post infection
Most genital shedding in first year after infection was asymptomatic, with few oral and genital lesions.
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Is it flu, RSV, or COVID? Experts fear the ‘tripledemic’
Predicting exactly when cases will peak is difficult.
Case Reports
IgA Vasculitis in the Setting of Biologic Therapy for Psoriasis and Recurrent Cutaneous Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization
Biologic medications including adalimumab and more rarely secukinumab may be associated with leukocytoclastic vasculitis; a smaller subset of...
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Florida sees spike in deadly bacterial infections after Hurricane Ian
Vibrio vulnificus bacteria is found in warm, brackish seawater, according to the Florida Department of Health.
Conference Coverage
25 years of chickenpox vaccine: 91 million cases prevented
“The declines in deaths, let alone hospitalizations, were jaw-dropping. I hadn’t really seen a synthesis of the impact of one and two doses.”
Conference Coverage
Monkeypox presentations, prevention strategies shifting
There’s been a demographic shift in infections from White, non-Hispanic men early on to non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic men.
Feature
You and the skeptical patient: Who’s the doctor here?
“I spoke to him on many occasions about the dangers of COVID, but he just didn’t believe me.”
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Climate change: Commentary in four dermatology journals calls for emergency action
Dermatology medical societies need to increase advocacy, the authors say.