Internal Medicine Alert – August 15, 2021

August 15, 2021

• Long COVID and the Clinical Reality of Chronic Infections

  Long COVID is the latest entry into a long list of potentially chronic, pandemic-associated infections. For many long COVID patients, some symptoms may be the result of a reactivation of an Epstein-Barr infection.

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• Common Herbal and Dietary Supplements for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

  This is a review of the current literature regarding commonly used herbal and dietary supplements among people with diabetes.

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• Another Way Antibiotic Therapy Can Kill You

  An analysis revealed fluoroquinolone antibiotic use was associated with later aortic diseases and mortality in patients without known aortic disease.

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• Ibrexafungerp Tablets (Brexafemme)

  Ibrexafungerp can be prescribed to treat adults and post-menarchal pediatric females with vulvovaginal candidiasis.

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• Is AV Block Complete?

  The dual lead rhythm strip in the figure was obtained from an elderly patient with syncope. Is there AV dissociation? Is there complete AV block? This is a challenging tracing because a different diagnosis is suggested by the first five beats in the rhythm strip, compared to the last four beats.

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