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…
Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease
PART 10: Disorders of the Cardiovascular System SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS 264 Approach to the Patient with Possible Cardiovascular Disease Joseph Loscalzo THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM Cardiovascular…
Cutaneous Drug Reactions
(Table 72-9) Disorders of hypopigmentation are often classified as either diffuse or localized. The classic example of diffuse hypopigmentation is oculocutaneous albinism (OCA). The most common forms are due to…
