Preventing Ebola Transmission

Chapter 166 [1] in the new Mandell textbook was written before the current Ebola outbreak, so I thought it would be interesting to read View Postit again and check whether the ‘old’ recommendations for personal protection were still valid now that we have learned much more during the ongoing outbreak. In Continue reading Preventing Ebola Transmission

Nikkomycins Are Finally Getting Some Respect

Besides azoles, candins and the polyene class of antifungals there is not much to select from when it comes to systemic fungal infections.  Until the recent arrival of voriconazole and posaconazole, infections caused by molds always required amphotericin B to control.  Only for Candida several good treatments exist on the Continue reading Nikkomycins Are Finally Getting Some Respect

Ebola and “Breach of Protocol”: Makes Me Bristle…

We are told by Tom Frieden / CDC that it was a “protocol breach” when a nurse in Texas taking care of US Ebola patient no. 1 got infected?  At the same news conference, he tells us he doesn’t know what kind of breach actually occurred.  So what is he talking Continue reading Ebola and “Breach of Protocol”: Makes Me Bristle…