Items tagged “infection”

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Petrous apicitis

Petrous apicitis, also known as apical petrositis, is infection with involvement of bone at the very apex (petrous apex) of the petrous temporal bone. Epidemiology Petrous apicitis is less common than it once was, on account of the widespread and early use of antibiotics for acute otomastoidit...
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Hepatic abscess

Hepatic abscesses, like abscesses elsewhere, are localized collections of necrotic inflammatory tissue caused by bacterial, parasitic, or fungal agents.  Epidemiology The frequency of individual infective agents as causes of liver abscesses are intimately linked to the demographics of the affe...
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Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis

Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis, also known as scrofula and king's evil, continues to be seen in endemic areas and in the industrialised world particularly among the immunocompromised. Epidemiology Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis is the most common manifestation of extrapulmonary tubercu...
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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (commonly abbreviated to TB, short for tubercle bacillus) encompasses an enormously wide disease spectrum affecting multiple organs and body systems predominantly caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A small proportion can also be caused by Mycobacterium bovis through ...
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Epidural abscess of the cervical spine

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 21 Jun 2008
74% complete
MRI
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Cytomegalovirus encephalitis

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) encephalitis is a CNS infection that almost always develops in the context of profound immunosuppression.  This article focus on adult infection. CMV is also one of the most frequent prenatal infections, which is discussed separately: congenital CMV infection.  Epidemiolo...
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Discitis osteomyelitis

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 08 Oct 2008
83% complete
MRI
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Neurocysticercosis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 14 Oct 2008
75% complete
CT MRI
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Liver hydatid cyst: calcified

  Diagnosis probable
Frank Gaillard
Published 10 Nov 2008
29% complete
X-ray
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Leptomeningitis

Leptomeningitis, which is more commonly referred to as meningitis, represents inflammation of the subarachnoid space (i.e. arachnoid mater and pia mater) caused by an infectious or noninfectious process. Pathology Etiology Infective pyogenic meningitis elderly Streptococcus pneumoniae Lis...
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Subdural empyema

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 08 Dec 2008
74% complete
MRI
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Retropharyngeal abscess - extensive

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 05 Jan 2009
65% complete
CT
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CMV ventriculitis and encephalitis

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 19 Jan 2009
80% complete
MRI
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Cerebral toxoplasmosis

  Diagnosis probable
Frank Gaillard
Published 27 Jan 2009
50% complete
MRI
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Cerebral abscess - shaggy borders

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 27 Jan 2009
65% complete
MRI
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Invasive fungal sinusitis with basilar stroke

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 27 Jan 2009
78% complete
MRI CT
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Staphylococcal pneumonia

  Diagnosis possible
Paresh K Desai
Published 19 Mar 2009
47% complete
X-ray
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Melioidosis

  Diagnosis certain
Paresh K Desai
Published 19 Mar 2009
80% complete
X-ray CT
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Melioidosis

Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei (previously known as Pseudomonas pseudomallei) and is a multisystem disorder which may affect the lungs, brain, visceral organs, or musculoskeletal system. Epidemiology Melioidosis is a disease of the monsoo...
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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)

  Diagnosis probable
Paresh K Desai
Published 20 Mar 2009
68% complete
X-ray CT

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