Your NEJM Group Today: Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis / Deep Brain Stimulation for Severe OCD / Vermont & Montana Primary Care Opportunities

By the Editors

Take a look at today's highlights from NEJM Group:

NEJM Primary Care/Hospitalist Page: Image in clinical medicine: An 82-year-old man presented with generalized weakness. He had rapidly progressive neurologic symptoms and died 9 days later. Autopsy showed liquefactive necrosis of the brain, and a diagnosis of granulomatous amebic encephalitis was made. See the image at the first link below.

NEJM Journal Watch Psychiatry: Deep brain stimulation provides long-term improvement for some patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

NEJM CareerCenter:

• Vermont: Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital is seeking primary care physicians.

• Montana: Billings Clinic in Bozeman, Montana, is seeking internal medicine physicians.