Internal Medicine Pharmacotherapy

The pneumococcal vaccine was developed to reduce the disease burden of streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-postive bacteria that has more tha...

Daptomycin (Cubicin) is the first antibiotic in a class known as lipopeptides and has a unique mechanism of action.  Daptomycin is a large...

Thrombocytopenia is a notable adverse effect of linezolid.  Some of the evidence behind the onset, duration, and the extent of platelet de...

A 55 year old business executive is being discharged from the hospital after a brief admission for cellulitis.  His only PMH is HTN and o...

The 2016 American Diabetes Association diabetes guidelines is a lengthy document outlining many aspects of diabetes care including eval...

A middle-aged patient with diabetes mellitus type 2, CAD, HTN, and obesity is in clinic for a followup appointment 1 year after his diagno...