Emerg Infect DisEIDEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control and Prevention286639809-022110.3201/eid1510.090221Another DimensionRed SnappersMcConnellErin E.Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USAAddress for correspondence: Erin E. McConnell, Wright State University, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 1 Elizabeth Place, NWG Suite 500, Dayton, OH 45408, USA; email: erin.mcconnell@wright.edu102009151017071707for a moment pretendyou are notthe infallible house staff,but the latest admission—hacking putrid sputumfrom your soulful depthsor your festering chest,depending on your mood.slapped with a mask,you are secured in secluded rooms;
a paucity of guests,but for the parade of absurd birds—plastered in Haz-matlemon-yellow gowns,and peach-colored beaks.

your meager dried-up sleepis aborted bybloodhungry fowlcovetous of mucusyou no longer produce.your meals grow coldwaiting for youin the anteroom ofyour negative pressure purgatory.

Suggested citation for this article: McConnel EE. Red snappers [another dimension]. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the internet]. 2009 Oct [date cited]. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/15/10/1707.htm

Dr McConnell is a fourth-year resident in the Internal Medicine Pediatric Residency Program at Wayne State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA.