HIV PrEP or pre-exposure prophylaxis, look refers to medications given to HIV-negative, see high risk patients, ask to prevent them from becoming infected. Potential candidates for PrEP include HIV negative persons at substantial risk of becoming infected, including someone who Is in an ongoing relationship with an HIV-infected partner; Is…
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All our physicians are very experienced in all aspects of treating HIV infection, including screening for complications, preventative care, antiviral therapy, and monitoring. There are always new medications becoming available, and being studied. We all take pride in keeping up to date on state of the art HIV clinical care,…
Clostridium difficile is a bacteria that can cause severe diarrhea or “colitis”. It most commonly develops after taking a course of antibiotics, in part because bacteria that usually are protective in the gastrointestinal tract may be killed off. Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, and fevers. Complications can include renal failure,…
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ( or MERS) is a viral respiratory syndrome caused by a newly recognized Coronavirus. It was first recognized in Saudi Arabia in 2012, and and most cases have been in the Middle East, or linked to travelers to the Arabian Peninsula or subsequent contacts of an…
Hepatitis C has seen more dramatic advances in treatment than any other condition over the past couple years. Whereas we used to treat Hepatitis C infections with highly toxic interferon based therapies, click we now have several oral regimens with extremely high safety and efficacy. We recommend screening for those…
Influenza season has now arrived. Most years we start seeing cases in the late fall , peak by January and February and continued activity until the early spring. So far this year has seen a relatively “mild” degree of influenza activity in Illinois and throughout most of the country, but…
Starting in June 2015 an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis has been reported in Chicago. This is a serious and potentially life threatening infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis. Symptoms of infection include fever, sales severe headache, neck stiffness, nausea, vomiting and light sensitivity. This bacterial form of meningitis is spread person…