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…
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…
