... this examination
does not rule out CDAD.
Chapter 123. Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease,
Including Pseudomembranous Colitis
(Part 2)
Patients colonized with C. difficile were ... (Table 123- 1). Endoscopy is a rapid diagnostic tool in seriously ill patients with
suspected PMC and an acute abdomen, but a negative result in this examination
does not rule out...
... not
Chapter 123. Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease,
Including Pseudomembranous Colitis
(Part 3)
Table 123-
1 Relative Sensitivity and Specificity of Diagnostic Tests for
Clostridium ... 51–70%; +, ~50%.
Despite the array of tests available for C. difficile and its toxins (Table 123-
1), no single test has high sensitivity, high specificity, and rapid tu...
... best diagnostic tests in patients without diarrhea.
Chapter 123. Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease,
Including Pseudomembranous Colitis
(Part 5)
Recurrent CDAD
Overall, ~15–30% of patients ... of
Clostridium
difficile
colitis with metronidazole. Clin Infect Dis 40:1586, 2005 [PMID:
15889354]
Pepin J et al: Increasing risk of relapse after treatment of
Clo...
... of genetic testing in the management of
Chapter 064. The Practice of Genetics
in Clinical Medicine
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 64. The Practice of Genetics in ... adult-onset diseases, including
atherosclerosis, cardiac disorders, asthma, hypertension, autoimmune diseases,
diabetes mellitus, macular degeneration, Alzheimer's disease, psychi...
... intense cold, intense mechanical stimuli such as a pinch, and application
of irritating chemicals including ATP, serotonin, bradykinin and histamine.
A peripheral nerve consists of the axons of ... neurons:
primary sensory afferents, motor neurons, and sympathetic postganglionic neurons
(Fig. 12 -1). The cell bodies of primary sensory afferents are located in the dorsal
root ganglia in...
... intestinal contents.
Activators of Emesis
Chapter 039. Nausea, Vomiting,
and Indigestion
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 39. Nausea, Vomiting, and
Indigestion ... pharmacologic management of vomiting requires
understanding of these pathways.
Several brain stem nuclei including the nucleus tractus solitarius, dorsal
vagal and phrenic nuclei, medull...
... membrane transport. No specific bilirubin transporter
has yet been identified (Chap. 297, Fig. 297 -1).
After entering the hepatocyte, unconjugated bilirubin is bound to the
cytosolic protein ligandin,