Rapidly growing knowledge of : A case series and review of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns.

is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium that is rarely isolated from clinical specimens and is frequently considered to be a contaminant. We conducted a retrospective review of mycobacterial cultures positive for from 1998 to 2023 at our institution to evaluate the clinical significance of recovering this mycobacterium. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns were also determined.

Developing a Comprehensive Perioperative Education Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residency Training.

Background: Patients undergoing surgery are becoming increasingly complex and internists are becoming more involved in their perioperative care. Therefore, new requirements from the ACGME/ABIM necessitate education in this area. We aim to discuss how our institution adapted a perioperative curriculum to fill this need.

Human immunodeficiency virus: what primary care clinicians need to know.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has evolved from an illness that consistently led to death to a chronic disease that can be medically managed. Primary care clinicians can provide beneficial care to the individual patient and potentially decrease the transmission of HIV to others through appropriate HIV screening and recognition of clinical clues to both chronic and acute HIV. Most patients who take combination antiretroviral therapy experience immune reconstitution and resume normal lives.

Influenza vaccination and the elderly: pandemic preparedness.

Seasonal influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality in the elderly, the very young and those with chronic illness, despite the availability of effective vaccines. The mortality and morbidity attributed annually to seasonal influenza are small in comparison to the potential mortality and morbidity of a novel highly pathogenic human influenza A virus strain. The current influenza A/H5N1 virus that has caused epidemics in poultry and is evolving to find new niches needs only to become more efficiently transmitted from human to human to cause the next pandemic.

Primary care of HIV-infected adults.

HIV infection is increasingly becoming a chronic illness as effective treatment allows patients to live longer and stay healthier. HIV-infected patients often benefit from having both a generalist familiar with primary care medicine and a HIV expert involved in their care. This article is geared at the generalist who is involved with the care of HIV-infected patients and presents a series of cases to address topics important in the primary care of patients with HIV infection.