A cluster of deaths linked to a mysterious illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be the result of a poisoning ...

What are the complications of having acute palmoplantar eczema? The common complications of palmoplantar eczema are secondary skin infections. These can be fungal or bacterial infections that ...

fDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands gDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, ...

This study is the largest community-based swabbing study to date to compare carriage rates of multiple bacterial species simultaneously between self-swabbing and healthcare professional swabbing ...

While stroke etiology is often challenging to determine during the acute phase, EVT's effectiveness was consistent across etiologies, though distinct differences were noted. For example, patients with ...

Graduates of the MSN Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) specialty track are prepared for advanced nursing practice in a variety of acute and critical care settings. As advanced ...

Background: The underlying mechanism for stroke in patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the predictors of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in TBM and ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Meningitis, the acute inflammation of the protective membrane around the brain and spinal ...

Clinical meningitis due to malignancy was defined as meningitis in patients with hematologic malignancy or solid cancer without positive malignant cells in CSF or brain biopsy and without any evidence ...

In a retrospective chart review, researchers examined the rate of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) in 526 otherwise healthy children (age range, 6–60 months) who presented with their first ...

The prevalence of acute bacterial meningitis in children who present with a first complex febrile seizure and no other signs and symptoms of meningitis is low. Thus, physicians could consider ...