Oh strongyloides, are you now the great mimic?

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcpc1109275

Why we should be judicious about medical imaging

IOM report on CT scans and cancer risk
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1182553

Another nail in the colloid coffin

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1204242

Second RCT to show members of this family of compounds causing harm...

Prognosis in Invasive Aspergillosis

Nice study in CID demonstrating that platelet count and baseline creatinine clearance can identify patients at higher risk of poor outcomes in newly diagnosed IA

http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/54/12/e173/

On the proper use of colistin

Nice article in CID which will be useful in providing the dosing

http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/54/12/1720.full

Interesting editorial further highlighting the harms of tube feeding in advanced cognitive impairment

http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1151405

Polypharmacy in dialysis

An interesting read... Similar to other articles on rationalizing (NOT RATIONING) medication use in our patients.
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/172/7/593

Also interesting to look at issues around end of life care and aggressive medical intervetions in dialysis patients
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/172/8/663