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Epstein-Barr Virus Amit Kalra Jonathan P. Moorman INTRODUCTION Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) belongs to the family of gamma herpesviridae. EBV is a double-stranded DNA lymphocytotropic virus that induces both latent and…

Fever of Unknown Origin Amit Kalra Jonathan P. Moorman DEFINITION Fever of unknown origin (FUO) was defined by Petersdorf and Beeson in 1962: 1. Temperature of >101°F (38.3°C) on several…

Lymphadenopathy and Fever Jonathan P. Moorman Generalized lymphadenopathy with associated fever is a symptom complex common to many different disease entities. Persistent generalized lymphadenopathy is defined as two or more…

Influenza Santosh Dhungana Paul C. McNabb INTRODUCTION Historically and clinically, influenza is the most important viral respiratory disease of mankind, killing up to 500,000 people every year on a global…

Neutropenic Fever Susan Harwell Ashley Tyler Christopher Trabue INTRODUCTION With the advent of cytotoxic chemotherapy for both acute leukemia and solid organ tumors over the past half century, the landscape…

Prosthetic Joint Infections Evgenia Kagan Cassandra D. Salgado Camelia E. Marculescu BACKGROUND The number of patients who undergo joint replacement surgery continues to increase. It has been projected that almost…

Community-Acquired Pneumonia Wael E. Shams I. DEFINITION Community-acquired pneumonia is an acute infection of the pulmonary parenchyma that is associated with at least some symptoms of acute infection (such as…

Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Mark B. Carr Kelsey Burr Infection of the skin and soft tissues varies depending on the depth and severity of tissue involvement. These factors are…

Atypical Mycobacteria Other than MAC Abdel Kareem Abu Malouh Jonathan P. Moorman GENERAL FEATURES The atypical or nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a group of organisms distributed widely in the environment,…