BACKGROUND Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings during acute cerebellar ataxia in cases of postinfectious cerebellitis are frequently normal. This has resulted in the use of other imaging modalities, such as single-photon emission computed tomography, to aid diagnosis. OBJECTIVE To illustrate the chronologic occurrence of cerebellar ataxia, abnormal findings on MRI, and cerebral sp...

Hospital Physician July 2008 C ampylobacteriosis is a foodand water-borne zoonotic diarrheal illness caused by bacteria of the genus Campylobacter, with most cases caused by C. jejuni. Campylobacter species have a worldwide distribution, and campylobacteriosis is a leading cause of acute diarrhea and enterocolitis throughout the world. In the United States, approximately 1 million symptomatic C...

Traveler's diarrhea (TD) strikes 20-60% of travelers visiting developing countries. It occurs shortly after the return and can be distinguished into two categories: acute and persistent TD. Acute TD, mostly caused by bacterial and viral pathogens, is usually mild and self-limited, and deserves empirical symptomatic and/or antibiotic therapy in selected cases. Fluoroquinolones are progressively ...

To determine the significance of serum anti-GQ1b IgG antibody, we studied the disease spectrum associated with this antibody and GQ1b epitope in the human nervous system. We examined sera from 19 patients with typical Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), five patients with acute postinfectious ophthalmoplegia without ataxia (atypical MFS), six patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with ophthalmo...

PURPOSE We report a case of a patient with a history of glomerulonephropathy, not disclosed prior to laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), who developed severe postoperative peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) soon after surgery. METHOD Case report. RESULTS Within a week of surgery, the patient, who had no blepharitis or ocular surface disease, also developed diffuse lamellar keratitis (D...