Hepatitis A and E Infection in ...
Hepatitis A is the most common vaccinepreventable infection in travellers. The incidence of hepatitis A for travellers ranges from 3.0 to 11.0 per ...
Chronic Rhinosinusitis as a Mul ...
Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a prevalent health condition characterized by sinonasal mucosal inflammation lasting at least 12 weeks. Heterogeneou ...
Prevention of Central Line–Asso ...
Central line–associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) are among the most common, lethal, and costly health care–associated infections. Recent lar ...
TNF-α Antagonists and Immunizat ...
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists have proven to be very effective in the treatment of several autoimmune-mediated inflammatory diseases. The ...
Molecular Diagnosis of Viral Re ...
In clinical practice, a rapid and accurate identification of pathogens causing viral respiratory tract infections can be problematic because of nons ...
Cardiovascular Implantable Devi ...
biotechnology advances, the use of cardiovascular implantable devices will continue to rise. Unfortunately, despite modern medical advances, the inf ...
Clinical Toxinology
Clinical toxinology is a specialized area of clinical medicine focused on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases caus ...
Conjunctivitis: Systematic Appr ...
Conjunctivitis is a common problem in primary health care. Inflammation of the conjunctiva may result from infection or noninfectious causes. Microb ...
Vascular Access Infections: Epi ...
Infection is the most challenging and lifethreatening complication of vascular access and causes significant morbidity, loss of access, and mortalit ...
The Use of Interferon-γ Release ...
Tuberculosis (TB) infection is relatively frequent among travellers to high incidence-countries, especially in long-term travellers and those involv ...
Nocardia Infections of the Face ...
Involvement of the soft tissues of the face and neck by Nocardia spp. is uncommon. We review the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and man ...
Prosthetic Vascular Graft Infec ...
Improvements in manufacturing and implantation techniques, coupled with an increasing prevalence of atherosclerosis in an aging population, have led ...
Chikungunya Virus Infection
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus transmitted by mosquitoes, mostly Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. After half a century of focal outbr ...
Mucormycosis of the Head and Ne ...
Mucormycosis of the head and neck is the most common form of infection by the order Mucorales, accounting for up to half of all cases. About 70% of ...
Pericarditis: Pathophysiology, ...
Pericarditis, the most common disease of the pericardium, may be isolated or a manifestation of a systemic disease. The etiology of pericarditis is ...
Twenty-First Century Progress T ...
Hookworms are bloodsucking nematodes that afflict up to 740 million persons in tropical and subtropical regions, with Asia and sub-Saharan Africa ex ...
Do Genetic Variants of the Reni ...
The concept of “pharmacogenomics” or “pharmacogenetics” promises to offer the ultimate in personalized medicine, and the renin-angiotensin system (R ...
New Approaches to Quantifying S ...
The importance of the sympathetic nervous system in the pathophysiology of human and experimental models of hypertension is well established. Underp ...
The Role of Aldosterone in the ...
The metabolic syndrome associates metabolic abnormalities such as insulin resistance and dyslipidemia with increased waist circumference and hyperte ...
Antihypertensive Therapy in Dia ...
Two recently published post-monitoring followup studies of the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) have shown that although early and ...
Stress and Its Role in Sympathe ...
Stress in several guises is evident in individuals with hypertension and in those with the metabolic syndrome and may account, at least in part, for ...
Metabolic Syndrome, Androgens, ...
Obesity is one of the constellation of factors that make up the definition of the metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is also associated with ins ...
Hepatitis C Virus and Statins: ...
Hepatitis C treatment-response rates range from 50%–80% depending on genotype, viral load, fibrosis stage, interleukin 28B (IL28B) polymorphism, and ...
Sympathetic Neural Mechanisms i ...
Sympathetic neural function is essential to human blood pressure regulation, and overactivity of sympathetic nerves may have an important role in th ...
Sympathetic Mechanisms, Organ D ...
Sympathetic activation characterizes essential hypertension, contributing to the development and progression of the high blood pressure state. Throu ...