Tag: Aseptic meningitis
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Moffet’s Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5e (2017)
I write with reverence about what I believe to be one of the best medical books of all time: Moffet’s Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5e (2017). The main problem with tackling infectious diseases from a diagnostic standpoint is that ID can be hard to classify clinically. The traditional approach is, basically, to ask the question Does the patient have…
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Success with DRESS: What You Need to Know about Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms
Introduction Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) is a potentially life-threatening medical emergency. Patients present with fever, rash and internal organ dysfunction or failure. Organs affected include liver (hepatitis, fulminant hepatic failure), lungs (pneumonitis), kidneys (renal failure, nephritis), brain (encephalopathy and/or aseptic meningitis), and heart (myocarditis, heart failure). Endocrine dysfunction such as hyperthyroidism,…