231 Yersinia Species (Including Plague) Paul S. Mead Keywords bioterrorism; Black Death; bubo; erythema nodosum; HLA-B27; mesenteric lymphadenitis; plague; pseudoappendicitis; reactive arthritis; sacroiliitis; Yersinia enterocolitica; Yersinia pestis; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Short…
296 Myiasis and Tungiasis James H. Diaz Keywords botfly; chigoe flea; Dermatobia hominis; jigger flea; myiasis; screwworm; Tumbu fly; Tunga penetrans; tungiasis Short View Summary MYIASIS Definition • Myiasis is…
245 Clostridium difficile Infection Dale N. Gerding, Vincent B. Young Keywords antibiotic-associated colitis; antibiotic side effects; C. difficile infection; clostridial toxin; Clostridium difficile; fecal microbial transplant; fecal transplant; geriatric infections;…
113 Introduction to Eye Infections Marlene L. Durand Keywords endophthalmitis definition; eye anatomy; eye examination; keratitis definition; ophthalmology abbreviations; uveitis definition Vision loss impacts daily life in so many ways…
157 Coronaviruses, Including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Kenneth McIntosh, Stanley Perlman Keywords asthma; bat; bronchiolitis; coronavirus; MERS; Middle East respiratory syndrome; otitis; pneumonia;…
127 Neurologic Diseases Caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Opportunistic Infections Omar K. Siddiqi, Igor J. Koralnik Keywords acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP); cognitive disorders; distal sensory polyneuropathy…
271 Pneumocystis Species Peter D. Walzer, A. George Smulian, Robert F. Miller * Keywords AIDS; chemoprophylaxis; colonization; dapsone; diagnosis; HIV; medical immunosuppression; pathogenesis; P. jirovecii; PCP; Pneumocystis pneumonia; trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole Short…
176 Hepatitis A Virus Francisco Averhoff, Yury Khudyakov, Beth P. Bell * Keywords cholestasis; contact precautions; fecal-oral spread; hepatitis A; hepatitis A vaccine; immune globulin (IG); jaundice; passive immunization Short…
148 Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis Delta Virus Chloe Lynne Thio, Claudia Hawkins Keywords chronic hepatitis; HBV treatment; HBV virology; HDV treatment; HDV virology; hepatitis B virus; hepatitis D virus;…
241 Leptospira Species (Leptospirosis) David A. Haake, Paul N. Levett Keywords aseptic meningitis; hepatorenal; interrogans; Leptospira; leptospirosis; nonoliguric; pulmonary hemorrhage; rat; spirochete; Weil’s syndrome Short View Summary Definition • Leptospirosis…
