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…
269 Paracoccidioidomycosis Angela Restrepo, Angela María Tobón, Luz Elena Cano Keywords agriculture; fibrosis; itraconazole; juvenile or adult forms; Latin America; male predominance; multiple-budding yeasts; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioides lutzii; paracoccidioidomycosis; thermally…
65 Infections of the Oral Cavity, Neck, and Head Anthony W. Chow Keywords cervical fascia; dental; head and neck; infections; lateral pharyngeal; Lemierre syndrome; Ludwig’s angina; odontogenic; oral; osteoradionecrosis; retropharyngeal…
34 Quinolones David C. Hooper, Jacob Strahilevitz Keywords adverse effects; ciprofloxacin; gastrointestinal infection; gatifloxacin; gemifloxacin; genitourinary infection; levofloxacin; moxifloxacin; norfloxacin; ofloxacin; osteoarticular infection; quinolones; resistance; respiratory infection; skin infection; topoisomerases…
137 Introduction to Herpesviridae Jeffrey I. Cohen * Keywords chickenpox; cytomegalovirus; Epstein-Barr virus; herpes simplex; human herpesviruses 6, 7, and 8 (HHV-6, HHV-7, HHV-8); Kaposi sarcoma–associated herpesvirus; shingles; varicella-zoster Although…
252 Mycobacterium leprae (Leprosy) Cybèle A. Renault, Joel D. Ernst Keywords bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG); cell-mediated immunity; dapsone resistance; genetic susceptibility; hypopigmentation; leprosy reactions; multidrug therapy; Mycobacterium leprae; neuropathy; rehabilitation Short…
236 Bartonella, Including Cat-Scratch Disease Tejal N. Gandhi, Leonard N. Slater, David F. Welch, Jane E. Koehler Keywords bacillary angiomatosis; Bartonella; Bartonella henselae; Bartonella quintana; cat-scratch disease; cats; encephalopathy; endocarditis;…
40 Antimalarial Drugs James S. McCarthy, Richard N. Price Keywords amodiaquine; artemether; artemisinin; artesunate; atovaquone; chloroquine; clindamycin; dihydroartemisinin; doxycycline; lumefantrine; mefloquine; primaquine; proguanil; pyrimethamine; sulfadoxine; tafenoquine Short View Summary •…
246 Tetanus (Clostridium tetani) Aimee Hodowanec, Thomas P. Bleck Keywords anaerobic infection; clostridial infections; human tetanus immune globulin (HTIG); muscle spasm; neonatal tetanus; Td vaccine; Tdap vaccine; tetanus; toxin; wound…
316 Infections in Asplenic Patients Janet R. Gilsdorf Keywords asplenia; Babesia; Capnocytophaga; hyposplenia; hyposplenism; malaria; marginal zone; meningococcus; patient education; pneumococcus; postsplenectomy infection; postsplenectomy sepsis; purpura; red pulp; sepsis; spleen;…
