The Department of Medicine, UPMC, the Division of Infectious Diseases, and the Center for Medicine and the Microbiome are issuing a request for applications for pilot projects in clinical applications of fecal microbiome transplantation (FMT).  The FMT Program at the… Read more

Recently, the FDA approved a novel flouroquinolone-class drug for the management of acute bacterial skin and soft tissue infections. Known as delafloxacin (brand name Baxdela), this broad-spectrum flouroquinolone has activity against Gram negatives, anaerobes and atypical organisms (Legionella, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia… Read more

  See the last post for the case and think it through before reading below… Read more

A 24-year-old forest ranger-in-training from Minnesota comes to you in the ER with complaints of fever and left eye redness and pain that started about 3 days prior to admission. He initially went to see his primary care provider, who… Read more

Recently, there have been an increasing number of cases of Powassan virus infections being documented in the northeastern and upper mid-western United States. What is this virus, how can you reduce your risk of acquiring it and what are the… Read more

On 4/24/17, first year Infectious Disease fellow Rameez Phulphoto presented a review on a recently published article in Clinical Infectious Diseases in March of 2017. The paper, from McDanel and colleagues, focuses on the comparative effectiveness of the antibiotic cefazolin,… Read more

In this week’s post: A Crabby Situation- Diagnostic Dilemma, a question is posed regarding a patient from Indonesia with fevers and hemopytsis.   The solution is below…   Read more

A 27-year-old Indonesian male visited his cousins in the U.S (Ohio) but ended up going to the ER for complaints of hemoptysis and fevers. He has been coughing for the past 3 weeks, and noticed reddish sputum yesterday for the… Read more