Two children were diagnosed with japanese encephalitis (JE) in the United States in July 2010. The first child, aged 11 years, had onset of fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, and neck pain 4 days after returning from a 21-day trip visiting relatives in the Philippines.
The numbers of households with pets, both traditional such as dogs and cats, as well as exotic pets, are increasing in many countries across the world. In addition, data obtained from media sources note a trend in the percentage of these pets sleeping in, or on, the owner's bed.
Tropical Medicine Specialists Jan Clerinx and Alfons Van Gompel from Belgium provide a practical review of current knowledge about schistosomiasis as it relates to travelers and migrants, including good images of parasite lifestyle, maps, parasite eggs, and 223 references.
High sensitivity C-reactive protein may be useful in acute viral or idiopathic pericarditis for establishing the diagnosis, determining the duration of therapy, and suggesting when to escalate therapy.
It has been speculated that children growing up in an overly clean, suburban environment may experience greater atopy and asthma than children growing up in the inner city or on a farm.
Interact included 404 patients with acute intracere-bral hemorrhage (ICH), elevated systolic blood pressure (BP) (150 to 220 mmHg), and capacity to lower BP within 6 hours of onset. CT was performed at baseline and at 24 hours to compare hematoma size.
A prodrug of gabapentin has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of restless legs syndrome (RLS).
Let's make this simple: vitamin d deficiency causes EVERYTHING.
Physicians often do not choose the same clinical treatments for themselves as they would recommend to their patients.
