Annals of Internal Medicine

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15 November 1996, Vol. 125. No. 10

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Articles

Importance of Findings on the Initial Evaluation for Cancer in Patients with Symptomatic Idiopathic Deep Venous Thrombosis

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Jacques Cornuz, MD, MPH; Steven D. Pearson, MD, MSc; Mark A. Creager, MD; E. Francis Cook, ScD; and Lee Goldman, MD, MPH

Topics: deep vein thrombosis, patient evaluation, cancer

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(10):785-793. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00001

Sporadic Urban Leptospirosis

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Joseph M. Vinetz, MD; Gregory E. Glass, PhD; Charles E. Flexner, MD; Paul Mueller, MD; and David C. Kaslow, MD

Topics: polymerase chain reaction, leptospirosis

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(10):794-798. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00002

Outbreak of Invasive Mycoses Caused by Paecilomyces lilacinus from a Contaminated Skin Lotion

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Bernd Orth, MD; Reno Frei, MD; Peter H. Itin, MD; Michael G. Rinaldi, PhD; Bruno Speck, MD; Alois Gratwohl, MD; and Andreas F. Widmer, MD, MS

Topics: mycoses, disease outbreaks, paecilomyces, infection, lotion

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(10):799-806. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00003

Patterns of Ordering Diagnostic Tests for Patients with Acute Low Back Pain

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Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH; and Joanne Garrett, PhD

Topics: magnetic resonance imaging, diagnostic radiologic examination, back pain, lumbar vertebra, pain, sciatica, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(10):807-814. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00004

Risk for Subsequent Cancer after Diagnosis of Basal-Cell Carcinoma: A Population-Based, Epidemiologic Study

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Morten Frisch, MD, PhD; Henrik Hjalgrim, MD; Jorgen H. Olsen, MD, DMSc; and Mads Melbye, MD, DMSc

Topics: basal cell carcinoma, cancer, epidemiologic studies, skin cancer

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(10):815-821. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00005

Brief Communications

Body Cavity-Based Malignant Lymphoma Containing Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus in an HIV-Negative Man with Previous Kaposi Sarcoma

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James A. Strauchen, MD; A. Daniel Hauser, MD; David Burstein, MD; Ricardo Jimenez, MD; Patrick S. Moore, MD; and Yuan Chang, MD

Topics: hiv, human herpesvirus 8, lymphoma, kaposi sarcoma

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(10):822-825. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00006

Reviews

Occupationally Acquired Infections in Health Care Workers: Part I

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Kent A. Sepkowitz, MD

Topics: influenza, health personnel, tuberculosis, infection, measles

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(10):826-834. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00007

Ideas and Opinions

Are All Diseases Infectious?

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Bennett Lorber, MD, DSc

Topics: antibiotics, polymerase chain reaction, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, coronary arteriosclerosis, arthritis, diabetes mellitus, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(10):844-851. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00010

Medicine and Public Policy

Quality Comes Home

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Donald M. Berwick, MD

Topics: decubitus ulcer, father, hospitals, judgment, wheelchair, rehabilitation

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(10):839-843. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00009

Abroad

I've Been Where It's Gone, So I Know What I Got … An American Fulbright Lecturer in Albania, 1994-1995

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William G.M. Hardison, MD

Topics: albania

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(10):835-838. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00008

Editorials

Basal-Cell Carcinoma of the Skin: A Harbinger of Cutaneous and Noncutaneous Multiple Primary Cancer

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David Schottenfeld, MD, MSc

Topics: basal cell carcinoma, cancer

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(10):852-854. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00011

On Being a Patient

My Not-So-Near-Death Experience

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Lawrence N. Hill, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(10):855-857. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00012

Letters