[NP-Clinical] infectious disease in bay area or anywhere at the topof the field

[Christine Smith]

Julie -

I have sent out requests to both ER physicians I know at Marin General and from the SF area. Will let you know when I hear back. Did she already get an ID consult from the ID MD at Marin General? I have always heard excellent things about Marin General both with nursing and medicine. Interestingly, they treat their nurses so well that they seldom lose any and they have very few travelers because of this. 

I have seen a fair amount of leg cellulitis recently that was unresponsive to standard abx. All of them turned out to be very resistant MRSA strains. One ended up on a PO abx that I forget the name of but recall it costing over $1000! 

Christine Smith, NP

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Julie Orfirer 
  To: np-clinical at nurse.net 
  Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:48 AM
  Subject: [NP-Clinical] infectious disease in bay area or anywhere at the topof the field


  Chris, Dena, anyone else,

  My mom is in Marin General with a cellulitis of her leg.  She has PVD too, of course.  She's been in for over a week now on 5 different antibiotic combos and it flared up again last night. She's had CT showing no clots.  She's having MRI tomorrow.  She/I'm looking to find out who in the area is The Best ID person for her/them to contact for a consult.  This could include anyone anywhere I suppose given the telephone (ah, the new technology).  

  Thanks for any help.

  Julie O


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