Oh Hey Blogs

Blogrolls are so passé they say. It doesn’t matter. These are a few blogs and websites that interest me.

Blogs

• EdgyDoc: Home of the multimedia empire of Dr. Mark Crislip, an ID physician
• HIV and ID Observations: An ID physician discusses infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, and healthcare in general
• ID Stewardship: A pharmacist discusses antimicrobial stewardship & infectious diseases
• Controversies in Hospital Infection Prevention: Pondering vexing issues in infection prevention
• Reflections on Infection Prevention & Control: Reflections on IPC based on clinical microbiology, epidemiology, science & literature
• Reflections of a Grady Doctor: Reflections of an ID physician in Atlanta
• Tracking Zebra: An ID intensivist (also EM trained) discusses infectious diseases, politics, and healthcare in general
• ID Journal Club: A Texan ID fellow’s monthly roundup of the ID literature
• The Healthcare Pracademic: Healthcare delivery improvement, infectious disease, academic medicine.
• Superbug:  Wired magazine’s focus on infectious diseases
• White Coat Investor: An emergency room physician discusses financial literacy
• Physician On FIRE: Financial Independence Retire Early
• Taking Back Medicine: An interventional cardiologist discusses taking back medicine from third-parties and preserving the patient-physician relationship
• Dr John M: An electrophysiologist (cyclist & learner) discusses doctoring, cardiology, electrophysiology & endurance sport
• Dr Jen Gunter: An OB-Gyn discusses reproductive health, politics, and healthcare in general
• KevinMD: Social media’s leading physician voice
• Retroflexions: A gastroenterologist discusses gastroenterology, health & nutrition
• Alert & Oriented: A concierge cardiologist/internist discusses healthcare, the doctor-patient relationship, ethics and economics
• Notes from Dr. RW: A hospitalist discusses medicine
• Ben Gold, MD: A hospitalist shares stories of patient encounters
• Precious Bodily Fluids: A nephrologist discusses nephrology and medicine in general.

General ID Resources

• 2007 CDC Guidelines for Infection Precautions in a Healthcare Setting: Do I need airborne or droplet precautions for a patient with measles? How long should I keep a patient with scabies in contact isolation? Wonder no more. Scroll down to Appendix A for the rescue.
• Practice Guidelines of the ID Society of America: What do the experts say?
• AST ID Guidelines 2019: An updated collection of ID-related transplant medicine guidelines
• TB Pocket Card: University of North Carolina pocket cheat sheet for the management of tuberculosis
• The Online TST/IGRA Interpreter: A tool to help estimate the risk of active tuberculosis
• Hepatitis Drug Interactions: Interactions checker from the University of Liverpool.
• HCV Guidelines: Recommendations for testing, managing, and treating Hepatitis C from IDSA and AASLD
• National STD Curriculum: a free educational website from the UW STD Prevention Training Center and the University of Washington.
• ProMED Mail: The Program for monitoring emerging diseases is dedicated to the rapid global dissemination of information related to outbreaks of infectious diseases or toxin exposures affecting human health.
• CDC Pink Book: A comprehensive resource on routinely used vaccines and the diseases they prevent from the CDC

General HIV Resources

• Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1 Infected Adults and Adolescents: What do the experts say?  
• HIV Drug Interactions: Interactions checker from the University of Liverpool  
• HIV Drug Resistance Database: A Stanford University resource to help interpret genetically based HIV drug resistance tests in order to choose the most appropriate treatment regimen for a patient.
• HIV Web Study: Free case-based modules from the University of Washington and the University of Alabama at Birmingham  
• National HIV Curriculum: a free educational website from the AIDS Education and Training Centers and the University of Washington

Visual References & Educational Resources

• Pathology of Infectious Diseases: A Fujita University collection of pathology slides
• CDC Public Health Image Library (PHIL): A library of images from the CDC
• Dermnet Skin Disease Atlas: A large dermatology database of photos & videos
• Hopkins DermAtlas: An interactive dermatology website
• Mycology Online: A University of Adelaide database of instructive cases caused by moulds  
• Gorgas Course: University of Alabama in Birmingham’s Gorgas course in clinical tropical medicine  
• DPDx: A CDC website for identification of parasitic diseases
• The Age of AIDS: A two-part Frontline video (2006) marking the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed case of AIDS  
• ID Board Review: George Washington’s premier ID board review course  
• ID Images: A Partners Healthcare database of instructive ID cases
• UpToDate: Need I say more?
• Johns Hopkins Guides: Great to have the mobile app
• The Sanford Guide To Antimicrobial Therapy: Great to have the mobile app

Twitter

• Hashtag IDTwitter
• Hashtag IDDailyPearl
• Hashtag MicroRounds
• Hashtag IDMedEd
• Hashtag HIVMedEd
• Hashtag TxID: transplant ID, also hashtag TransplantID
• Hashtag MicroRounds
• Hashtag IDPath
• WUID_Qx: board style questions
• IDAgram: teaching ID one diagram at a time