Publications by authors named "Christopher Husson"
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- - Spondylodiscitis is an infection affecting the vertebral body and disc, which often presents with vague symptoms, making imaging essential for diagnosis.
- - A case study is presented involving a diabetic patient with spondylodiscitis where a rare gram-positive rod was identified as the likely cause, with no clear source of infection found.
- - Despite successful antibiotic treatment after one year, the patient continues to experience chronic back pain, emphasizing the complexity and challenging nature of diagnosing and managing spondylodiscitis.
Background: The Military Health System is a unique subsector within the nation's Graduate Medical Education (GME), with a different incentive structure for specialty selection for military medical students compared with their civilian counterparts. Changes by the Defense Health Agency (DHA) in 2017 emphasized a shift in military GME to training "operational" medical specialties. This study sought to gain insight into military medical students' reactions to the 2017 DHA transition by examining whether students continued to select "operational" specialties at similar rates as well as whether students remained satisfied with attending medical school.
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- * The case discussed involves a preschool girl who developed a rapidly enlarging scalp mass after minor trauma, initially resembling a small "bump" and growing significantly over two months.
- * Diagnosis of PM in atypical presentations can be challenging, emphasizing the importance of imaging techniques like ultrasound, CT, and MRI to aid in identification and differentiate it from other conditions.
According to the Centers for Disease Control's recently devised National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Acinetobacter baumannii is a "serious" threat level pathogen. A. baumannii's notoriety stems from the fact that a large number of modern strains are multidrug resistant and persist in the hospital setting, thus causing numerous deaths per year.
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