Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases News

Fights to End Polio, Contain Ebola Made Tougher by Rising Violence, Research Finds
Reuters Health Information, May 17, 2019
Guidelines Nix Annual TB Testing for Most Healthcare Workers Healthcare workers should be tested for tuberculosis when they are hired and should be retested only after an occupational exposure, according to new CDC guidelines.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2019

How Some Patients Fake Illness or Injury and Get Away With It People faking illness and disability cost healthcare millions annually. Are any of them your patients?
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 14, 2019
The Week That Wasn't: Bubonic Plague, Obesity Test, Injection Device A quick overview of three medical stories that are worth a mention.
Medscape, May 10, 2019

COPD Exacerbations Associated With Biomass vs Tobacco Smoke
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, May 21, 2019
Awareness of Chronic Viral Hepatitis in the United States
Journal of Viral Hepatitis, May 15, 2019
Infectious Causes of Stroke
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, May 15, 2019
Evaluation and Management of Septic Arthritis and Its Mimics
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, May 14, 2019
Tongue Ulcer as the First Sign of Occult Tuberculosis
BMC Oral Health, May 14, 2019