Staphylococcal Infections
Practice Essentials Staphylococcal infections usually are caused by Staphylococcus aureus (S aureus). However, the incidence of...
Muscular Dystrophy
Practice Essentials Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a collective group of inherited noninflammatory but progressive muscle disorders without a...
Heat Stroke
Practice Essentials Heat illness may be viewed as a continuum of illnesses relating to the body's inability to cope with heat. It...
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
Practice Essentials Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), also known as coronary angioplasty, is a nonsurgical technique for treating...
Shock
Introducción: El término shock fue incorporado a la medicina traducido a su vez de la palabra francesa shoc y fue usado por vez primera...
West Nile Virus
Overview Practice Essentials The West Nile virus is one of the many members of the genus Flavivirus that are known to cause human...
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Updated: Apr 06, 2023 Overview Practice Essentials Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is defined as illness caused by a novel...
Mosquito-Borne Infectious Diseases: An Update for Clinicians
West Nile Virus (WNV) WNV exploded into the national consciousness in 1999 when the first cluster of cases was documented in New York....
Intussusception
Practice Essentials Intussusception (see the image below) is a process in which a segment of intestine invaginates into the adjoining...
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO)
Practice Essentials Key features of fever of unknown origin (FUO), also known as pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO), are as follows:...
