Nearly 70 years after the discovery of penicillin, neurologic infectious diseases (NIDs) remain an important worldwide source of morbidity and mortality. The clinician faced with a potential NID must urgently consider patient demographics, pace of illness and clinical syndrome, and laboratory data. In keeping with the topics of this issue, initial emergency diagnosis and management are emphasiz...

One of the newer discoveries in equine acute gastrointestinal disorders has been the increase in reports of coronavirus disease in horses. (Costa et al. 2012) Risk factors, duration of fecal shedding (there is nasal shedding in <50% of cases), and methods of spread are still unknown. What is apparent is that adult horses are commonly affected in many areas of the United States. Anorexia, fever,...

Closely related to Bordetella pertussis, the cause of “whooping cough” in humans, Bordetella bronchiseptica is a gram negative, aerobic coccobacillus particularly well adapted to colonize the ciliated respiratory epithelium of dogs and cats. Today, this organism is regarded as the principle etiologic agent of canine infectious tracheobronchitis (ITB). In the clinical setting, however, B. bronch...

Many post-infectious syndromes have been recognized in the last 50 years, some following viral infections and others closely related to bacterial disease. The occurrence of prolonged fatigue following an apparent viral illness of varying severity is also well documented. The lack of a recognizable precipitating cause and the tendency for epidemic fatigue to occur among hospital staff led many t...

INTRODUCTION Historically, studies from our research group have involved intracellular pathogens in the Genera Babesia, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, and more recently, Bartonella. In regard to the study of these obligate intracellular or in the case of Bartonella sp., highly fastidious pathogens, clinical, as well as more basic research initiatives, have been hampered by difficulties associated with ...

Merrill Singer’s Anthropology of Infectious Disease argues that pathogens are intertwined with human social worlds. Through a variety of case studies drawn from around the world, from HIV to malaria and from Lyme disease to tuberculosis, the book emphasizes a biosocial or biocultural approach to the understanding of infectious disease. In contrast to a strictly biomedical framework, the core ar...

Upper and lower respiratory infections are encountered commonly in the emergency department. Visits resulting from occurrences of respiratory disease account for 10% of all pediatric emergency department visits and 20% of all pediatric hospital admissions. Causes of upper airway infections include croup, epiglottitis, retropharyngeal abscess, cellulitis, pharyngitis, and peritonsillar abscesses...

Bordetella bronchiseptica INFECTION and PREVENTION Closely related to Bordetella pertussis, the cause of “whooping cough” in humans, Bordetella bronchiseptica is a gram negative, aerobic coccobacillus particularly well adapted to colonize the ciliated respiratory epithelium of dogs and cats. Today, this organism is regarded as the principle etiologic agent of canine infectious tracheobronchitis...

The obstetrician-gynecologist who specializes in infectious diseases has a responsibility to patients, other physicians, residents, medical students, and industrial leaders. The infectious disease physician's clinical responsibilities cross all specialties with obstetrics and gynecology. We have spent a great deal of time writing, giving CME courses, special symposia and lectures, teaching resi...