Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine

Agents such as smallpox and viral hemorrhagic fevers (i.e., Ebola and Marburg) produce a generalized rash, while plague and anth ...

patients, alcoholics, patients with complement deficiency, and persons who live in dormitories (coeds, military personnel, or pr ...

Table 4 Fever and Rash: Physical Examination Vital signs a. Temperature b. Pulse c. Respiration d. Blood pressure General appea ...

headache, vomiting, and change in consciousness occur in up to 88% of patients with meningococcemia (11,13). The rash associated ...

The development of lesions on the palms and soles is usually a late finding (1). Purpuric skin lesions have been described in 60 ...

numbers of ticks. Furthermore, research has demonstrated a link between warm temperatures and increased tick aggressiveness (27) ...

group (33). Indirect fluorescent antibody testing is the best serological method available; however, the test has poor sensitivi ...

(ii) determining the source of sepsis; and (iii) starting empiric antibiotics that cover the predictable pathogens and have a lo ...

often seen in young women during menses or pregnancy (49). Most patients will present with fever, rash, polyarthritis, and tenos ...

of familiarity with the bacteria and its microbiological growth characteristics (54). More prompt diagnosis may be made by Gram ...

followed by decreased sensation, weakness, and absent reflexes (64,65,69). Disseminated skin lesions, when present, are similar ...

Erythema multiforme may present with varying degrees of severity (previously classified as erythema multiforme minor and major) ...

The diagnosis of Stevens–Johnson syndrome and TEN is made by skin biopsy. Sections of frozen skin will demonstrate full-thicknes ...

Though most commonly spread by infected mosquitoes, WNV may also be transmitted by organ transplantation, blood transfusion, and ...

TSS can be divided into menstrual and nonmenstrual. The majority of menstrual cases of TSS are associated with tampon use (108). ...

The generalized form of SSSS is termed pemphigus neonatorum or Ritter’s disease. Risk factors for development in adults include ...

d. Changes in the extremities: erythema of the palms or soles; indurative edema of the hands or feet; desquamation of the skin o ...

necrosis (149,150), Ramsay Hunt syndrome (151), aseptic meningitis (152), peripheral motor neuropathy (152), myelitis (152,153), ...

by electron microscopic examination of the fluid specimen in a high-containment (BL-4) facility. Definitive identification in th ...

from the gulf states (184). Risk factors for infection include liver disease (most commonly alcoholic), hemachromatosis, HIV inf ...