Prophylactic treatment helps prevent disease or stop it from getting worse. Examples of prophylaxis include vaccines and dental cleanings. Preventing disease is often easier and less costly than ...
An immunocompromised patient presented with acute-on-chronic back pain following minor trauma. The pain was accompanied by worsening right-sided weakness, paraesthesias, progressive gait impairment ...
1 Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2 Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, ...
Division of Infectious Diseases of the Department of Medicine and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461, School ...
Introduction Cryptococcal meningitis is a common fungal opportunistic infection and a leading cause of death among people with advanced HIV disease in sub-Saharan Africa. The WHO recommends ...
Venous thromboembolic disease is a major global cause of morbidity and mortality. An estimated 10 million episodes are diagnosed yearly; over half of these episodes are provoked by hospital ...
Introduction Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is an infection of the central nervous system that accounts for approximately 19% of AIDS-related mortality worldwide, with the highest burden being in ...
A 60-year-old woman nonsmoker presented with a 3-month history of progressive dyspnea, cough, sputum production, and weight loss. She worked as a librarian in an old building and reported no prior ...
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