Editor
Stephen A. Brunton, MD
Clinical Professor
University of California, Irvine

Executive Editor
Leslie Coplin

Managing Editor
Neill Kimball

Associate Editors
William T. Elliott, MD, FACP
Chair, Formulary Committee
Northern California Kaiser Permanente
Asst. Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California
San Francisco

James Chan, PharmD, PhD
Pharmacy Quality and Outcomes Manager
Kaiser Permanente
Oakland, CA

Louis Kuritzky, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Florida
Gainesville

Authors
Stan Deresinski, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Editor for Infectious Disease Alert

Jeffrey T. Jensen, MD, MPH
Leon Speroff Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
Editor for OB/GYN Clinical Alert

Michael H. Crawford, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Chief of Clinical Cardiology
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
Editor for Clinical Cardiology Alert

Stan Deresinski, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Stanford University
Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Editor for Infectious Disease Alert

Peer Reviewer
Gerald Roberts, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, NY

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• Beta-Lactam Therapy for Urinary Tract Infection Fails Again
• Pancrelipase Tablets (Viokace™)
• Clinical Briefs

• describe new findings in differential diagnosis and treatment of various diseases
• describe controversies, advantages, and disadvantages of those advances
• describe cost-effective treatment regimens
• describe the pros and cons of new screening procedures.

Internal Medicine Alert's editor, Stephen Brunton, MD, serves on the advisory board for Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novo Nordisk, Sunovion, and Teva; he serves on the speakers bureau of Boehringer Ingelheim, Lilly, Kowa, Novo Nordisk, and Teva. Associate editors William T. Elliott, MD, FACP, and James Chan, PharmD, PhD, author Michael H. Crawford, MD, peer reviewer Gerald Roberts, MD; executive editor Leslie Coplin; and managing editor Neill Kimball report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study. Author Stan Deresinski, MD, FACP, FIDSA does research for the National Institutes of Health, and is an advisory board member and consultant for Merck. Author Jeffrey T. Jensen, MD, MPH receives research support from, is a consultant to, and serves on the speakers bureau of Bayer Healthcare and Merck; he also receives research support from Abbott Pharmaceuticals and Medicines360. Author Stan Deresinski, MD, FACP, FIDSA does research for the National Institutes of Health, and is an advisory board member and consultant for Merck. Associate editor Louis Kuritzky, MD is an advisor for Endo, Kowa, Pricara, and Takeda.

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