Today I am not posting on a medical topic. Instead, I pause to express a bit of gratitude, in light of the Thanksgiving holiday. Please click here watch my video expression.

Ever so often, a patient or family member asks me “how do you know when the infection is gone? Are you going to repeat the cultures to see that they are negative?” My answer is usually the same – no, I don’t need to run a specific test for infection, such as a culture, to […]

This post is a redo of one I did about a year ago. Staph infections are so very common, that the information is still relevant today. In this post I will give you an idea what staph is, how it gets into the body, how it ends up causing serious infections, and why some people […]

“I only get better when I get antibiotics via a drip.” “Give me the strongest antibiotic that you have!” “Throw the kitchen sink at me!” These are examples of some of the the requests I get from patients on a regular basis, regarding antibiotic therapy. Having a serious infection is, no doubt, quite a scary […]