Since the publication of the 2015 American Heart Association scientific statement on infective endocarditis, its incidence ...
Dear Doctor Roach: I was recently admitted to the hospital with pneumonia in both lungs. Given the recent outbreak of ...
A patient with bilateral pneumonia and other clinical markers was told negative urine tests don't tell the whole story amid a ...
The urine test for Legionella isn’t perfect. It detects 70% to 80% of only one of the several serogroups of Legionella ...
Clinical scoring models give patients with 3 or more criteria a 98% to 100% likelihood of Legionella infection.
A doctor explains why conflicting lab results complicated one patient's pneumonia diagnosis during a recent outbreak.
A physician reviewing one patient's labs found several markers consistent with Legionella despite 2 negative urine tests.
Genetic testing can reveal mutations in BRCA genes and others associated with increased cancer risk, but it isn’t recommended ...