Parvovirus Infections
I. Mucocutaneous HSV infections A. Infections in immunosuppressed patients 1. Acute symptomatic first or recurrent episodes: IV acyclovir (5 mg/kg q8h) or oral acyclovir (400 mg qid), famciclovir (500 mg…
Infections Due to Mycoplasmas
More than 150 species of NTM have been identified. Only a minority of these environmental organisms, which are found in soil and water, are important human pathogens. NTM cause extensive…
Haemophilus and Moraxella Infections
The first widespread use of serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenC) came in 1999 in the United Kingdom after a rise in serogroup C disease. A mass vaccination campaign involving…
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
Etiology In at least 90% of patients with Cushing’s disease, ACTH excess is caused by a corticotrope pituitary microadenoma, often only a few millimeters in diameter. Pituitary macroadenomas (i.e., tumors >1…
Rubella (German Measles)
PREVENTION AND ERADICATION OF POLIOVIRUS (See also Chap. 148) After a peak of 57,879 cases of poliomyelitis in the United States in 1952, the introduction of IPV in 1955 and…
Oral Manifestations of Disease
FIGURE 44-3 Acute epiglottitis. In this lateral soft tissue radiograph of the neck, the arrow indicates the enlarged edematous epiglottis (the “thumbprint sign”). TREATMENTEPIGLOTTITIS Security of the airway is always of…
Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
Etiology In at least 90% of patients with Cushing’s disease, ACTH excess is caused by a corticotrope pituitary microadenoma, often only a few millimeters in diameter. Pituitary macroadenomas (i.e., tumors >1…
