Matthew E. Falagas, MD, MSc, DSc, is director of the Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences and director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic at Henry Dunant Hospital, both in Athens, Greece. He also is an adjunct associate professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. The author of more than 400 peer-reviewed papers, reviews and editorials, Dr. Falagas is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases.
When my petite friend Suki and her strapping husband were battling a bacterial infection at the same time, both her…
