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The article evaluates the program outcomes required for internal medicine and other medical school programs under the Next Accreditation System (NAS) of the U.S. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). It indicates the involvement of a program director and a resident from a program. A list of required ACGME documents to review is provided, including an evaluation, clinical/procedural experiences and program curriculum.

We present the case of an elderly patient with abdominal pain, weight loss, and subjective fever in whom a magnetic resonance imaging study revealed a perihepatic abscess without invasion. After drainage, anaerobic cultures yielded Actinomycosis israelii. We discuss Actinomycosis species, with an emphasis on its pathology and multiple presentations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents an unusual case of Hodgkin's disease masquerading as sclerosing mediastinitis of the posterior mediastinum.

ABSTRACT: We present a case of endocarditis caused by Salmonella in a patient with newly diagnosed diabetes and preexisting rheumatic heart disease. Despite sterilization of the blood with a fluoroquinolone and a third-generation cephalosporin, the patient required surgical intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a case report of a 32-year-old with AIDS whose chest roentgenogram revealed a bilateral diffuse nodular pattern suggestive of miliary tuberculosis. Evidence of an atypical granulomatous reaction with `Pneumocytosis carinii' in the absence of other organisms; Consideration of `P. carinii' pneumonia as differential diagnosis for AIDS patients.