Infectious Diseases

A 21-month-old boy with a history of 32-week prematurity presented to the emergency department with a first-time seizure following 1 day of nonbilious, nonbloody emesis and 1 episode of nonbloody diarrhea. ...

A 51-year-old woman with a history of obesity, bilateral lower-extremity edema, type 1 diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and spinal stenosis presented to the emergency department...

A 2-year-old girl was diagnosed with S dysgalactiae brain abscess, meningitis, and cerebritis, possibly from a recent middle ear infection.

A 39-year-old man presented to our hospital from a local county jail with a 5-day history of diarrhea and vomiting associated with abdominal pain.

P acnes is part of the normal skin flora. This gram-positive organism is normally found on facial skin and hair follicles, and it is mostly recognized in the pathophysiology of acne vulgaris.

A 31-year-old previously healthy woman was admitted to the hospital for a 5-day history of bloody diarrhea and associated epigastric abdominal pain. She reported having a fever, with a maximum temperature...

This review highlights the cases of 10 patients with cancer and with culture-confirmed gastrostomy tube site infections.

A 3-year-old African American girl presented to the emergency department with 4 consecutive days of fever, a diffuse papular rash, conjunctival injection, and skin peeling on her palms, soles, and genital...

A 2-month-old girl presented to the emergency department for evaluation of fever, fussiness, poor oral intake, and nasal congestion for 1 day.

H pylori is a microaerophilic, spiral-shaped, gram-negative bacterial species that is linked to many GI tract diseases.