Currently attending the 15th APCCMI, which is held at the Sunway Convention Centre in KL, Malaysia. The conference is currently in its 2nd day, and will end on Saturday noon (29th November 2014). It brings together many clinician and researchers in the region who are focused on infectious diseases, particularly antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial stewardship is […]
“Or Sai” (“Black Lion” in Hokkien – due to the iconic black lion emblem of the centre) at Moulmein Road. The Communicable Diseases Centre will be moving to its new premises in 2018 (perhaps making way for another condominium block?), so there are a few short years to enjoy the nice green environs.
The same young man from Myanmar mentioned in Vignette 4 was extensively worked up for his fever. Blood cultures were negative. A CT of his abdomen, however, showed the following lesion in his liver. What is the most likely diagnosis and what test(s) would help to confirm it? [Updated 1 November 2014] The CT image […]
An incredible work from the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit. The visual displays of the distribution of human infectious diseases and their determinants are outstanding. Best of all, it is open access. The Atlas team intend for this to be a crowdsourcing effort, although at present it is not clear how that is to be […]
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