Last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Harris and colleagues (including former University of Pittsburgh professor Dr. David Patterson) published the results of the MERINO trial, a randomized controlled trial involving patients with ceftriaxone-resistant Gram negative organisms… Read more

  Last week, a Air Emirates flight landed in JFK airport in New York City. Ten or more people had been sick with coughing and fever. These patients were taken to the hospital, and CDC monitored other passengers  to ensure… Read more

Our Division has welcomed 3 new  General ID Fellows this July: Will Garner, MD Aaron Lucas, MD Julia Zefirova, MD We also welcomed Jonathan Sun, DO as our Transplantation ID Fellow for 2018-2019. As you can see- they are already… Read more

On June 7, our three second year fellows presented their research to the division and then celebrated their graduation. Dr. Iovleva presented data regarding  OXA-2 expression causing ertapenem resistance in K. pneumoniae. She also discussed mechanisms for drug resistant Acinetobacter,… Read more

West Virginia has had 98 confirmed cases of Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection so far in 2018 (Figure 1). This increase in cases has primarily been among injection and non-injection drug users, homeless individuals, those who have been recently incarcerated,… Read more

Over the past 2 months, there has been an outbreak of E.coli within the United States, with 149 people infected with this bacteria in 29 states, based on the most updated information from the Center of Disease Control (CDC). Moreover,… Read more

Please review the question in our most recent post: A sticky situation Then check below for answer: The answer is C. Klebsiella species Certain capsular strains of Klebsiella, most commonly K1 and K2 capsular serotypes, result in the formation of… Read more

  A 37-year-old man from Thailand, visiting his son in the U.S for the past 3 days presents with abdominal pain and distention, fevers and rigors going on for the past 2 days and worsening. His son takes him to… Read more