Infectious Diseases

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Ray Stricker, MD

Lyme disease is an elusive disorder to diagnose and complicated and controversial to treat. Dr. Stricker discusses the dermatologic, neuropsychiatric and rheumatological complications of Lyme disease.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Ray Stricker, MD

Healthcare providers who treat Lyme disease can be divided into two groups: specialists usually at large academic institutions and community based primary care physicians. Treatment differs between these two groups both in attitude and in practice. Dr. Stricker discusses how to cut through the controversies to provide the best treatment to our patients.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Ray Stricker, MD

Borrelia burgdorferi, a tickborne spirochete, is the causative agent in Lyme disease. Dr. Stricker discusses the clinical microbiology of this fascinating and often overlooked bacterium.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Ray Stricker, MD

From the moment of its discovery in 1975, Lyme disease has been one of those controversial illnesses full of scientific inconsistencies. There are two polarized medical camps according to our guest – the dominant camp believing that Lyme disease is hard to catch and easy to cure and the other group asserting that chronic infection is common. Dr. Stricker educates us on the basics of Lyme disease.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Jay Keystone, MD, MPH

Join Dr. Jay Keystone, travel and tropical medicine specialist at Toronto General Hospital in Canada as he offers his best travel advice.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Jay Keystone, MD, MPH

Studies show that 97% of traveler's will make a food or beverage error within 72 hours of arrival often resulting in a trip being ruined due to illness. Join Dr. Jay Keystone, Travel and Tropical Medicine specialist at Toronto General Hospital in Canada as he offers a crash course in travel medicine.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Mark Kline, MD

Dr. Mark Kline, Professor of Pediatrics and President of Baylor's Pediatrics AIDS Initiative discusses the current state of drug pricing around the world. He also talks about the investment for research and development made by drug companies.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Mark Kline, MD

Dr. Mark Kline, Professor of Pediatrics and President of Baylor's Pediatrics AIDS Initiative discusses the rising concern about the effect of AIDS on the adolescent segment of the population in the U.S.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Mark Kline, MD

Dr. Mark Kline, Professor of Pediatrics and President of Baylor's Pediatrics AIDS Initiative talks about the program, its funding, what countries are part of the program and the work they've done to date.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Mark Kline, MD

Dr. Mark Kline, Professor of Pediatrics and President of Baylor's Pediatrics AIDS Initiative discusses how far fewer children are acquiring and dying of AIDS in this country today. He also talks about current methods of treatment and prevention.