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Pamela S Chavis, MD,

eMedicine — Overview: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. The primary causative agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is endemic in the world's population. Worldwide, TB is most common in ...More…
Erica Bang, MD, BS,

eMedicine — Overview: Tuberculosis (TB) is a well-known entity encountered in emergency departments (ED) by the emergency physician (EP). The incidence of suspected TB is significant with the undifferentiated patient. It is common to initiate respiratory ...More…
Pneumonia, Immunocompromised

eMedicine — Overview: Pneumonia in the immunocompromised host involves infection and inflammation of the lower respiratory tract. Regardless of the reason for altered immune function, pneumonia carries a high mortality rate in immunocompromised ...More…
Needle-stick Guideline

eMedicine — Overview: Concern regarding the management of occupational exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was heightened when it was realized that HIV is transmitted by body fluids. In spite of this concern, the risk of hepatitis continues to ...More…
Esophageal Lymphoma

eMedicine — Overview: Primary esophageal lymphoma is a rare occurrence, with fewer than 25 cases reported in the past 25 years. In a series of 1467 cases of GI lymphoma, primary esophageal lymphoma accounted for only 3 cases. In ... Primary esophageal ...More…
Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis

eMedicine — Overview: In 1965, Ise and Ofuji described a 42-year-old Japanese housewife with a possible follicular variant of subcorneal pustular dermatosis.1 The patient had crops of follicular pustules on her back, face, chest, and upper arms representing ...More…
Cytomegalovirus Esophagitis

eMedicine — Similar to other herpesviruses, CMV is icosahedral and replicates in the host's nucleus. Like the other members of this family, CMV has the ability to produce a latent infection. Replication in the host cell is typically represented by large ...More…
Cytomegalovirus Colitis

eMedicine — CMV GI disease in adults was described in the 1960s. CMV colitis is the second most common CMV infection in patients with AIDS (after retinitis) and was first described in 1983. Of patients with AIDS who have GI infection caused by CMV, 67% had ...More…
Candidiasis, Mucosal

eMedicine — Overview: Candidosis describes a group of yeastlike fungal infections involving the skin and mucous membranes. Infection is caused by Candida species, typically, Candida albicans. By tradition, the most commonly used classification of oral ...More…
Body Fluid Exposures

eMedicine — Overview: Occupational transmission of blood-borne infections may occur through parenteral, mucous membrane, and nonintact skin exposure. The greatest risk for transdermal transmission is via a skin penetration injury sustained with a sharp ...More…
Antibiotics - A Review of ED Use

eMedicine — Overview: Golden Rules of ED Antibiotic Use Note: A one-page reference table with key therapy recommendations taken from this article can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat format by clicking the Antibiotics Guidelines Summary. Antibiotic therapy ...More…
Lipodystrophy, HIV

eMedicine — Overview: HIV-associated lipodystrophy is a syndrome that occurs in individuals with HIV infection who are being treated with antiretroviral medications. Although the term HIV-associated lipodystrophy refers to abnormal central fat accumulation ...More…

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