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Source: Disease a Month - May 22, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Foreword
In August 1982 as a brand new intern in Chicago, I worked with a medical team that admitted a young man with pneumonia to the hospital. His pneumonia, unresponsive to the usual antibiotic regimen of the day, was puzzling to all. His young wife and 2 children at the bedside sat and wondered why their husband and father was such a medical mystery to the doctors. A subsequent bronchoscopy revealed Pneumocystis carnii pneumonia, a shocking revelation to all of us in a nontransplant, noncancer patient. (Source: Disease a Month)
Source: Disease a Month - April 28, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
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Source: Disease a Month - April 28, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Venous thromboembolism controversies
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), including pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), is one of the leading preventable cardiovascular diseases in the United States (US) with approximately 350,000 new cases each year.1 Even though most VTE cases are preventable, VTE episodes are still responsible for approximately 300,000 deaths per year in the US.2 When talking about VTE, we often face 3 major inquires in practice: When to treat DVT in order to prevent PE? When should direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) be used? When to use thromboprophylaxis in the outpatient setting? Therefore, we will focus on reviewing those t...
Source: Disease a Month - April 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Juan Pablo Salazar Adum, Iva Golemi, Luis H. Paz, Luis Diaz Quintero, Alfonso J. Tafur, Joseph A. Caprini Source Type: research
Foreword
Venous thromboembolism is the third leading cause of vascular disease (after myocardial infarction and cerebral vascular accidents), which can affect up to approximately 600,000 Americans annually, according to the American Heart Association. The increasing use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) has given the clinician several options for prophylaxis and treatment over the past decade. (Source: Disease a Month)
Source: Disease a Month - March 22, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jerrold B. Leikin Source Type: research
Selected mosquito borne illnesses - Dengue
Dengue virus (DENV) (Fig. 1), also sometimes referred to as Dengue virus disease (DVD) is a viral hemorrhagic fever virus (VHF).1 –11 VHF are a diverse group of viral illnesses characterized by fever, sometimes extreme, and various degrees of bleeding risk, including hemorrhage, shock, and death.1–20 DENV is among the most common global mosquito borne illnesses, and is one of the fastest spreading infections worldwide.1,4, 5,13,14,21–26 It is the second most commonly reported mosquito borne illness infecting humans, after malaria. (Source: Disease a Month)
Source: Disease a Month - March 19, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Robin B. McFee Source Type: research
Selected mosquito borne illnesses - Dengue
Dengue virus (DENV) (Fig. 1), also sometimes referred to as Dengue virus disease (DVD) is a viral hemorrhagic fever virus (VHF).1 –11 VHF are a diverse group of viral illnesses characterized by fever, sometimes extreme, and various degrees of bleeding risk, including hemorrhage, shock, and death1–20. DENV is among the most common global mosquito borne illnesses, and is one of the fastest spreading infections worldwide.1,4, 5,13,14,21–26 It is the second most commonly reported mosquito borne illness infecting humans, after malaria. (Source: Disease a Month)
Source: Disease a Month - March 19, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Robin B. McFee Source Type: research
Tick borne illness - Rocky mountain spotted fever
Rocky Mounted Spotted Fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne rickettsial disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii.1 –3 It is a potentially fatal illness found in the Americas continents, and transmitted by a variety of species capable of infection, most commonly from Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick) (Fig. 1),4 but also from Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick), and Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mo untain wood tick) (Fig. 2).5 Of note, D. andersoni is found in the Rocky Mountain states, along with Southwestern Canada, at elevations ~4000 feet to over 10,000 feet, and is capable of transmitting RMSF, Color...
Source: Disease a Month - March 14, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Robin B. McFee Source Type: research
Mosquito vectors
There are multiple mosquito bite-induced illnesses that threaten residents of North America, business, military or vacation travelers to the world's tropical regions — and beyond.1–23 Historically several of the most problematic mosquito borne illnesses, such as malaria,23 were limited to a tropical region distribution. Unfortunately with population migration,15 climate change, and challenges to vector control, including more aggressive restrictions on mosqu ito spraying, and resistance to various control measures, outbreaks have occurred beyond traditional zones – usually the tropics, to places such as Marseilles, F...
Source: Disease a Month - March 14, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Robin B. McFee, Larry Bush, Maria T. Vazquez-Pertejo Source Type: research
Tick borne illness - Rocky mountain spotted fever
Rocky Mounted Spotted Fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne rickettsial disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii.1 –3 It is a potentially fatal illness found in the Americas continents, and transmitted by a variety of species capable of infection, most commonly from Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick) (Fig. 1),4 but also from Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick), and Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mo untain wood tick) (Fig. 2).5 Of note, D. andersoni is found in the Rocky Mountain states, along with Southwestern Canada, at elevations ~4000 feet to over 10,000 feet, and is capable of transmitting RMSF, Color...
Source: Disease a Month - March 14, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Robin B. McFee, Larry Bush, Maria T. Vazquez-Pertejo Source Type: research
Mosquito vectors
There are multiple mosquito bite-induced illnesses that threaten residents of North America, business, military or vacation travelers to the world's tropical regions — and beyond.1–23 Historically several of the most problematic mosquito borne illnesses, such as malaria,23 were limited to a tropical region distribution. Unfortunately with population migration,15 climate change, and challenges to vector control, including more aggressive restrictions on mosqu ito spraying, and resistance to various control measures, outbreaks have occurred beyond traditional zones – usually the tropics, to places such as Marseilles, F...
Source: Disease a Month - March 14, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Robin B. McFee, Larry Bush, Maria T. Vazquez-Pertejo Source Type: research
