An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
March 28th, 2015
Quick Question: Should HIV-Negative People in Serodiscordant Relationships All Get PrEP?
From a very thoughtful and experienced primary care provider came this query: Hey Paul, quick question — One of my patients, an HIV-negative gay man, is in a long-term relationship with one of your HIV-positive patients — my patient says his partner has been on successful HIV treatment for years. Obviously I can’t check his […]
March 21st, 2015
ID Learning Unit: Coagulase-Negative Staph, and the “Anti-Zebra” Residents’ Report
At the risk of betraying a deep streak of nerdiness, I confess to being a huge fan of Residents’ Report. This infatuation goes back to my medical student days, when the occasional chance to watch the Chief Medical Resident — who seemed the smartest doctor on the planet — lead a discussion of an interesting case inspired […]
March 8th, 2015
Measles Vaccine Videos and the Challenge of Changing Someone’s Mind
I suspect most of you have already been treated to this highly amusing video about the measles outbreak from Jimmy Kimmel — a comedy segment featuring real-life doctors, imagine that. Not your typical late-night comedy show performers, but they forcefully (and obscenely) get their message across. If you have just returned from a tropical island where the internet connection was iffy, […]
March 1st, 2015
Really Rapid Review — CROI 2015, Seattle
For the 3rd time in its illustrious history, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) returned to Seattle this past week for it’s 22nd meeting. For those of us living in the North Pole, 50 degrees and drizzle never felt so wonderful! (See image below for graphic representation — that’s my dog Louie wondering what happened to his […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
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NEJM Clinician
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