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Castleman Disease, a rare lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by fever, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, high sedimentation rates, and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia, is being seen with increasing frequency in HIV-positive persons.
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The UK Department of Health has instituted measures they believe will prevent hospital acquired infections.
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A nested PCR Method was used to identify and speciate cases of malaria in two regions of Malaysia. This study showed a significant proportion of patients to have been infected with P. knowlesi, a pathogen of Old World macaques and previously rarely recognized in humans.
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Acute sinusitis is a common presenting complaint in primary care; most cases are treated with oral antibiotics despite controversy as to whether such treatment is effective.
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The infectious diseases group at Walter Reed reported the clinical cases of 4 patients who acquired visceral leishmaniasis during deployments to either Afghanistan (two patients) or Iraq (two patients).
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Testosterone in Older Men: Is Low Normal Too Low?; CT Pulmonary Angiography is at Least as Good as Ventilation-perfusion Scanning for Suspected Pulmonary Embolus; Vertebral Fracture Begets Vertebral Fracture; I've Heard of TIA, but what the heck is a TNA?; Advancing Insulin Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Previously Treated with Glargine Plus Oral Agents; A Relationship Between Linolenic Acid and Neuropathy in Diabetics
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Two-part series on complications of pregnancy.