Whipple’s Disease

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WHIPPLE’S DISEASE MATTHIAS MAIWALD AND DAVID A. RELMAN In a seminal autopsy report in 1907, George H. Whipple provided a thorough and articulate description of the disease that now bears…

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Vaccines Against Bacterial Meningitis

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VACCINES AGAINST BACTERIAL MENINGITIS AMANDA C. COHN AND NANCY E. MESSONNIER Three major pathogens—Haemophilus influenzae type b (HIB), Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus), and Strep tococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus)—cause the majority of bacterial…

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Cytomegalovirus

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CYTOMEGALOVIRUS PAUL D. GRIFFITHS HISTORY In the early years of the twentieth century, histopathologists studying stillborn infants identified the characteristic intranuclear inclusions in fatal cases of what is now termed…

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Postinfectious Encephalomyelitis

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POSTINFECTIOUS ENCEPHALOMYELITIS KAREN L. ROOS AND AUGUSTO MIRAVALLE Postinfectious encephalomyelitis is an acute monophasic disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) that occurs within days to weeks of a viral…

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Space-Occupying Fungal Lesions

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Arthropod-Borne Viral Encephalitides

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ARTHROPOD-BORNE VIRAL ENCEPHALITIDESM TOM SOLOMON, ADJANIE PATABENDIGE, AND RICHARD J. WHITLEY Conventionally, viruses are placed within families and genera according to the taxonomic system, based on morphologic, biochemical, antigenic, and…

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Rabies

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RABIES ALAN C. JACKSON Rabies is an acute viral infection of the central nervous system (CNS) that also involves the peripheral nervous system both in its pathogenesis and clinical manifestations….

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