Jeter is Retiring, and Certain ID Doctors Are Getting Old(er)

Feb 17, 2014

February 17, 2014

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Derek Jeter's retirement makes Dr. Paul Sax feel old. See why in his latest HIV and ID Observations blog post.

Dr. Paul Sax was at the baseball game in which Derek Jeter hit his first major league home run. What was it like to be an ID doctor in 1996? Erythromycin was used as an actual antibiotic, severe Clostridium difficile infection was extremely uncommon, and some patients were taking ddC. Read more items guaranteed to make you feel downright ancient in the HIV and ID Observations blog.