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• Tick bites and skin rashes.

  PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Fever and a rash following a tick bite can signify a true medical emergency. Ticks are important vectors of disease worldwide, incl…

  Authors: Dirk M Elston

  Source: Current opinion in infectious diseases. 2010 Apr

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• Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

  Published data confirm that community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are increasing in incidence in both urban…

  Authors: Dirk M Elston

  Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2007 Jan

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• How to handle a CA-MRSA outbreak.

  Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) continues to make headlines because of large outbreaks in daycare centers and…

  Authors: Dirk M Elston

  Source: Dermatologic clinics. 2009 Jan

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• Topical antibiotics in dermatology: emerging patterns of resistance.

  Resistance to topical antibiotics is increasingly relevant in dermatology. This article discusses emerging patterns of resistance and the implications…

  Authors: Dirk M Elston

  Source: Dermatologic clinics. 2009 Jan

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• New and emerging infectious diseases.

  New and emerging diseases present a constant challenge. Globalization of business, international adoption, immigration, and tourism have contributed t…

  Authors: Dirk M Elston

  Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2005 Jun

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• Methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: management principles and selection of antibiotic therapy.

  Strains of community-acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) have emerged as an important group of pathogens. Most infections p…

  Authors: Dirk M Elston

  Source: Dermatologic clinics. 2007 Apr

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• Patient safety: Part II. Opportunities for improvement in patient safety.

  The quality movement in medicine has prompted a shift from a "name, shame, blame" approach to medical errors to one in which each error is regarded as…

  Authors: Dirk M Elston, Erik Stratman, Hillary Johnson-Jahangir, Alice Watson, Susan Swiggum, C William Hanke

  Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2009 Aug

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• The physician quality reporting initiative.

  This issue has focused on opportunities to improve the quality of laboratory medicine and on the challenges inherent in measuring quality in the labor…

  Authors: Dirk M Elston

  Source: Clinics in laboratory medicine. 2008 Jun

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• Prevention of arthropod-related disease.

  Arthropods of medical importance include vespids, ticks, mosquitoes, mites, flies, and fleas. They spread illness as disease vectors, are associated w…

  Authors: Dirk M Elston

  Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2004 Dec

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• Opportunities to improve quality in laboratory medicine.

  Modern laboratories offer cost-effective and precise analysis of specimens. Unfortunately, accurate laboratory tests still can result in bad outcomes …

  Authors: Dirk M Elston

  Source: Clinics in laboratory medicine. 2008 Jun

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