Cardiovascular Aspects of Kawasaki Disease Junichiro Fukushige Kawasaki disease, Kawasaki syndrome, or infantile acute febrile mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome is the clinical entity of an acute febrile syndrome of unknown…
Kawasaki Disease Ralph D. Feigin Frank Cecchin Scott D. Wissman Kawasaki disease is an acute, febrile, multisystem syndrome of unknown etiology that predominantly afflicts children younger than 5 years. The…
Assays for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases James A. Wilde Robert H. Yolken Establishing the accurate diagnosis of an infectious disease is a crucial initial step in the proper management…
Diagnostic Microbiology for Pediatric Infections James Versalovic Since the late nineteenth century, diagnostic microbiology has contributed to our understanding of infectious agents, their relevance to human pathology, and the practice…
Control of Nosocomial Infections Mark W. Kline The goals and methods of infection control in hospitalized children are no different, in theory, from those in hospitalized adults. In practice, however,…
Rickettsial Diseases Ralph D. Feigin Anthony M. Hlavacek The rickettsial diseases are caused by microorganisms that have characteristics common to both bacteria and viruses. Rickettsiae depend on the intracellular milieu…
Chlamydial Infections Margaret R. Hammerschlag Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that are ubiquitous in nature. Members of the genus possess both DNA and RNA, divide by binary fission, contain their…
Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma Infections W. Paul Glezen Mycoplasmas are classified as bacteria, but they are unique because they lack a rigid cell wall. For this reason, their morphology depends on…
Osteoarthritis of the Spine Sanford E. Emery Vytautas M. Ringus Cervical Spine Pathoanatomy Osteoarthritis (OA) of the cervical spine is primarily a result of aging changes related to disk degeneration.1,2…
New Frontiers in Surgery of Osteoarthritis Tom Minas Andreas H. Gomoll Introduction Since Hunter’s famous statement over 250 years ago describing cartilage as a “troublesome thing and once destroyed, it…
