Be Careful What You “Catch”

Paul E. Sax, MD

HIV and ID Observations: An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, all matters medical, and some not so medical.

Paul E. Sax, MD is the Editor-in-Chief, Journal Watch HIV/AIDS Clinical Care and Clinical Director of the HIV Program and Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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Paul Sax • March 4th, 2012

Categories: Infectious Diseases

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On the eve of the 19th Retroconference, or “CROI” — and I’m headed to Seattle right this moment — two baseball players have intersected with the world of Infectious Diseases.

Ike Davis of the Mets has Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever).

And Ryan Howard of the Phillies has an infection after achilles tendon surgery.

Bottom line, it’s quite obvious that Bud Selig needs to hire an ID specialist — and I know just the candidate.

Tags: baseball, coccidioidomycosis, Infectious Diseases, Valley Fever

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2 Responses to “Be Careful What You “Catch””

Ben says:

March 11, 2012 at 11:18 pm

Dude, that is SO the perfect job for you…..
Edi says:

March 13, 2012 at 10:04 pm

Don’t baseball players deserve medical confidentiality????

Paul E. Sax, MD