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dr. gonzalo llorens bearman: medicine, commentary, miscellany
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Diagnostic Errors Negatively Impact Antibiotic Use
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It is well known that antibiotics are overused. Even when the diagnosis of an infectious disease is correct, the choice or combination of ...
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Antibiotic Resistance- From Farm to Family
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Here is a TED video featuring Dr. Lance Price . The video is concise and informative and highlights how the massive use of low dose an...
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Infectivity vs Infectiousness
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Source: The Guardian UK Lately I have been fielding questions about the dangers of infectious diseases. I guess that this is not uncomm...
Thursday, May 14, 2015
VCU Unique Pathogens Unit
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VCU President Michael Rao (left) with Governor McAuliffe It is not often that the VCU Unique Pathogens Unit is visited by the Governor....
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Choosing Wisely- Infection Prevention
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Source: http://www.choosingwisely.org/ Recently the SHEA Guideline Committee was approached by the The American Board of Internal Medi...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Claude Bernard- The Unsung Hero of Medical Empiricism
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Louis Pasteur is well known in the history of medicine but what about his contemporary Claude Bernard? I read with great interest thi...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Animals in Healthcare- Infection Prevention Risk
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Along with my esteemed colleagues at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, we published this expert guidance on animals in he...
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