Antimycobacterial Agents
FIGURE 202-1 Acid-fast bacillus smear showing M. tuberculosis bacilli. (Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.) EPIDEMIOLOGY More than 5.7 million new cases of TB (all forms, both…
Approach to the Patient with Shock
PART 12: Critical Care Medicine SECTION 1 RESPIRATORY CRITICAL CARE 321 Approach to the Patient with Critical Illness John P. Kress, Jesse B. Hall The care of critically ill…
Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain Abscess, and Empyema
The mainstay of treatment is adequate rehydration. The treatment of cholera and other dehydrating diarrheal diseases was revolutionized by the promotion of oral rehydration solution (ORS), the efficacy of which…
Enterococcal Infections
FIGURE 173-2 Scarlet fever exanthem. Finely punctate erythema has become confluent (scarlatiniform); petechiae can occur and have a linear configuration within the exanthem in body folds (Pastia’s lines). (From Fitzpatrick, Johnson,…
Use of the Hand-Held Ophthalmoscope
FIGURE 39-5 Hollenhorst plaque lodged at the bifurcation of a retinal arteriole proves that a patient is shedding emboli from the carotid artery, great vessels, or heart. FIGURE 39-6 Central retinal artery…
Late Consequences of Cancer and Its Treatment
120e Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Gauri R. Varadhachary, James L. Abbruzzese Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is a biopsy-proven malignancy for which the anatomic site of origin remains unidentified…
Heavy Metal Poisoning
Metals pose a significant threat to health through low-level environmental as well as occupational exposures. One indication of their importance relative to other potential hazards is their ranking by the…
Osteoarthritis
389 Relapsing Polychondritis Carol A. Langford Relapsing polychondritis is an uncommon disorder of unknown cause characterized by inflammation of cartilage predominantly affecting the ears, nose, and laryngotracheobronchial tree. Other manifestations…
Acute Appendicitis and Peritonitis
FIGURE 351-8 Wireless capsule endoscopy image in a patient with Crohn’s disease of the ileum shows ulcerations and narrowing of the intestinal lumen. (Courtesy of Dr. S. Reddy, Gastroenterology Division, Department…
Clostridium difficile Infection, Including Pseudomembranous Colitis
The mainstay of treatment is adequate rehydration. The treatment of cholera and other dehydrating diarrheal diseases was revolutionized by the promotion of oral rehydration solution (ORS), the efficacy of which…
