187 Introduction to Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis Didier Raoult Keywords Anaplasma; Q fever; Rickettsia; scrub typhus; spotted fever Bacteriology The definition of the Rickettsiaceae family has been based mainly on…
181 Prions and Prion Diseases of the Central Nervous System (Transmissible Neurodegenerative Diseases) Patrick J. Bosque, Kenneth L. Tyler Keywords bovine spongiform encephalopathy; chronic wasting disease; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; fatal familial…
302 Infections Caused by Percutaneous Intravascular Devices Susan E. Beekmann, David K. Henderson * Keywords antibiotic lock; bacteremia; Broviac; candidemia; catheter; catheter tip culture; central line; central venous catheter (CVC);…
90 Chronic Meningitis John E. Bennett Keywords coccidioidomycosis; cryptococcosis; histoplasmosis; Lyme borreliosis; meningitis; tuberculosis; Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome Short View Summary Definition • Chronic meningitis, defined here as at least 4 weeks…
216 Vibrio cholerae Matthew K. Waldor, Edward T. Ryan Keywords cholera; cholera vaccine; dehydration; oral rehydration solution (ORS); Vibrio cholerae Short View Summary Microbiology and Epidemiology • Vibrio cholerae is…
128 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Women Susan E. Cohn, Rebecca A. Clark Keywords antiretroviral therapy in women; bacterial vaginosis; breast-feeding; cervical dysplasia; contraception; fertility desires; genital HIV shedding; heterosexual…
121 Epidemiology and Prevention of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Carlos del Rio, James W. Curran Keywords AIDS; AIDS incidence; AIDS mortality; AIDS prevalence; AIDS sexual transmission;…
249 Bacteroides, Prevotella, Porphyromonas, and Fusobacterium Species (and Other Medically Important Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacilli) Wendy S. Garrett, Andrew B. Onderdonk Keywords Bacteroides; Prevotella; Porphyromonas; Fusobacterium Short View Summary Definition •…
38 Antimycobacterial Agents Richard J. Wallace Jr., Julie V. Philley, David E. Griffith Keywords amikacin; bedaquiline; clofazimine; cycloserine; dapsone; delamanid; directly observed therapy; ethionamide; isoniazid; linezolid; PA-824; para-aminosalicylic acid; quinolones;…
152 Rotaviruses Philip R. Dormitzer Keywords dehydration; diarrhea; gastroenteritis; immunity; immunization; infant mortality; oral rehydration therapy; rotavirus; serotype; vaccine Short View Summary Definition • Rotavirus is a nonenveloped, double-stranded RNA…
