Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Challenges and Progress.

abstract：:An ever-increasing population of immunocompromised individuals, including not only the burgeoning AIDS population but also those patients whose host defenses have been damaged by a wide variety of diseases and their therapies, requires prophylaxis against infectious diseases. Existing vaccines can provide some benefit...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Hibberd PL,Rubin RH

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes that occur in the pharmacology of drugs in the elderly must be considered in the use of antimicrobial agents. Although absorption of orally administered drugs is not affected in a significant way, renal function decreases, drug-drug interactions increase, compliance with regimens may be decreased, and drug tox...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Stalam M,Kaye D

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:KS is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among AIDS patients and a treatment problem in the sporadic cases that are not associated with HIV. All four forms of the disease are linked to a newly described herpesvirus, HHV-8 or KSHV, via strong epidemiologic associations and biologic plausibility as a causal agent....

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Greenblatt RM

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article updates the epidemiologic situation of HIV and AIDS infection and summarizes the most common clinical manifestations in Latin American countries. As of December 1992, a total of 59,723 AIDS cases had been reported to the Pan American Health Organization from Mexico, Central America, South America, and the...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Murillo J,Castro KG

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have proposed a model in which the initiation of human parturition in the presence of infection is controlled by the host. Systemic maternal infections such as pyelonephritis or localized infections such as deciduitis can trigger parturition by the activation of the monocyte and macrophage system in peripheral bloo...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Gomez R,Romero R,Edwin SS,David C

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The approach to neurologic diagnosis and management of HIV-infected and AIDS patients follows that used in general neurologic practice but takes into account the altered probabilities of differential diagnosis in this group of patients. Clinical and neurodiagnostic evaluations, when pursued with a background understan...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Price RW,Brew B

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the lethal end stage of a sexually transmitted disease caused by a virus that is producing the major epidemic of our century. In this article we describe the history and epidemiology of AIDS and the disease states associated with infection with the human immunodeficiency vi...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Wood RW,Collier A

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial resistance is a common iatrogenic complication of both modern life and medical care. Certain multidrug resistant and extensively drug resistant Gram-negative organisms pose the biggest challenges to health care today, predominantly owing to a lack of therapeutic options. Containing the spread of these or...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Adler A,Friedman ND,Marchaim D

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In older adults, pathophysiologic, clinical, and environmental factors all affect the presentation of infections. We explore how age-related changes influence the manifestation and evaluation of infections in this population. Specific topics include immunosenescence, age-related organ-specific physiologic changes, and...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： El Chakhtoura NG,Bonomo RA,Jump RLP

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus, and HIV has been documented. The risk for occupationally transmitted infection varies for these three viruses. Despite effective pre- and postexposure prophylaxis for HBV and recent recommendations for postexposure chemoprophylaxis after an HIV e...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Cardo DM,Bell DM

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the ICU, fever can be expected to accompany an extensive number of conditions of both infectious and noninfectious etiologies. It is crucial to identify the precise cause of fever, because certain conditions in either category may be life-threatening, whereas others require no treatment at all. It is important to r...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Cunha BA,Shea KW

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections accompanying severe pancreatitis are secondary and of three types: infected pancreatic necrosis, infected pseudocyst (including peripancreatic fluid collection), and pancreatic abscess. The first is an earlier, more morbid process, with antibiotics supportive and surgical debridement necessary. The latter t...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Traverso LW

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Living safely after organ transplantation starts before transplant and continues after transplant. To minimize a solid organ transplant (SOT) recipient's risk for infection and risk for injury, it is important to plan for numerous potential exposures after transplant. These include potential exposure to others with vi...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Blair BM

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HTLV-1 infection is endemic in several Latin American countries. HTLV-1-associated myelophathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and adult T-cell leukemia lymphoma (ATLL) are emerging diseases in the region. Documented risk factors for acquiring the virus include breast-feeding, contaminated blood transfusion, an...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Gotuzzo E,Arango C,de Queiroz-Campos A,Istúriz RE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout history, infectious diarrhea has been associated with crowding, poor sanitation, and war. Although descriptions of infectious diarrhea exist in the earliest records of civilization, effective measures for prevention were not widely or consistently used until the modern era of active public health promotion....

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Lim ML,Wallace MR

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioterrorism preparedness is clearly a goal for the health care community, working in concert with city, county, state, and federal public health and emergency authorities and in collaboration with law enforcement at the local and federal levels. Opening the channels of communication between all groups involved, obtai...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Miller JM

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiviral agents aimed at treating HSV-2 chronically infected individuals have proven to be effective in the prevention of symptomatic genital herpes and the reduction of viral shedding. These agents play a key role in current HIV prevention trials that will assess the role of suppression of HSV-2 infection on the ris...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Reynolds SJ,Quinn TC

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV testing and incidence are stable, but trends for certain populations are concerning. Primary prevention must be reinvigorated and target vulnerable populations. Science and policy have progressed to improve the accuracy, speed, privacy, and affordability of HIV testing. More potent and much better tolerated HIV tr...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Rodriguez CV,Horberg MA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the introduction of the floroquinolones for clinical use in the late 1980s, they have been used successfully for a large number of clinical situations. As experience accumulates, the indications and optimal use of these agents gradually become more clear. Unfortunately, two of the pathogens for which these agent...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Hendershot EF

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article summarizes the epidemiologic evidence linking Mycoplasma genitalium to sexually transmitted disease syndromes, including male urethritis, and female cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and adverse birth outcomes. It discusses the relationship of this bacterium to human immunodeficiency v...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Manhart LE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many functional, demographic, and immunologic changes associated with aging are responsible for increasing the incidence and severity of infectious diseases in the elderly. Management is complicated by age-related organ system changes. Because many of the elderly are on multiple medications for underlying illnesses, a...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Htwe TH,Mushtaq A,Robinson SB,Rosher RB,Khardori N

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central nervous system and systemic complications of bacterial meningitis cause significant morbidity and mortality. This article offers insight into the clinical features, pathogenesis, and management of these complications. In many instances, the improved outcome of intervention is based on clinical suspicion an...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Rauf SJ,Roberts NJ Jr

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although antibiotic therapy is the mainstay of therapy for gram-negative bacillary bacteremia, the amelioration of the underlying conditions, the correction of predisposing factors, the drainage of abscesses, the removal of infected foreign bodies, and adequate supportive care are also of paramount importance for curi...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Calandra T,Cometta A

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article familiarizes the clinician with the principles of bacterial susceptibility testing and reporting to facilitate communication with the clinical microbiology laboratory. The emergence of resistance in nearly all commonly isolated bacterial organisms has highlighted the need for ongoing dialogue between the ...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Joyce M,Woods CW

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal transplant recipients continue to have progressive kidney dysfunction and renal graft loss has been attributed to emerging opportunistic infections, specifically BK virus (BKV). BKV is postulated to be selected by the new potent immunosuppressive medications and to be an important factor in graft failure. The pr...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Balba GP,Javaid B,Timpone JG Jr

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of second-generation agents that for the first time specifically target individual HCV proteins, HCV-specific therapy has arrived. The study of HCV molecular virology has helped make this possible and is helping us to identify additional new antiviral targets that will be targeted by third-generation d...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Glenn JS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchiolitis is a lower respiratory tract illness caused by viral infection in children 2 years of age and younger, frequently associated with wheezing on physical examination. It is a common cause of hospitalization, particularly in patients with risk factors for more serious disease. The diagnosis can be made based...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Kyler KE,McCulloh RJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging tick-borne infections continue to be observed in the United States and elsewhere. Current information on the epidemiology, clinical and laboratory features, and treatment of infections due to Ehrlichia muris-like agent, deer tick virus, Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato, and Heartland virus was provided and criti...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Wormser GP,Pritt B

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compromised travelers represent a diverse and challenging group of individuals. They include HIV-infected patients who are at risk for potentially adverse reactions to immunizations, and new exposures to enteric water-borne opportunistic pathogens associated with chronic infections. Such travelers may encounter unfami...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Mileno MD,Bia FJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention is the best method for avoiding potentially serious complications of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. In this article, we discuss preventative measures that can be used by individuals or communities. Among the topics discussed are personal protective measures, tick reduction, reservoir reduction, and vac...

journal_title：Infectious disease clinics of North America

authors： Clark RP,Hu LT

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00