Plague   Gary D. Overturf   Plague exists worldwide as continuing enzootic sylvatic disease in rodent-flea cycles that occasionally spreads into the human population. Yersinia pestis, the causative organism, is…

Syndromes of Multiple Congenital Anomalies/Dysplasias   John C. Carey   Rather than memorize the essential findings for all or even most of the multiple congenital anomaly syndromes, it is far…

Candida   Katherine M. Knapp   Candida species are yeast forms that are ubiquitous in nature and frequent colonizers of the skin and mucous membranes in humans, although they rarely…

Trichuriasis   John S. Schieffelin and Richard A. Oberhelman   Trichuriasis is caused by infection of the large intestine with Trichuris trichiura, the whip-worm. Whipworm infection is cosmopolitan, but it…

Acute Metabolic Dysfunction   Ralph J. DeBerardinis   Inborn errors of metabolism are genetic diseases caused by mutations in metabolic enzymes, nutrient transporters, and related genes. Because metabolism is the…

Meconium Diseases of Infancy and Distal Intestinal Obstruction Syndrome   Pradeep Nazarey and Thomas T. Sato   MECONIUM ILEUS Meconium ileus describes the presence of neonatal intestinal obstruction secondary to…

Infections of the Liver   M. Kyle Jensen and Grzegorz Telega   Patients with infections of the liver generally present with nonspecific symptoms such as fever, abdominal pain, fatigue, or…

Free-Living Amebic Infections   Ibne Karim M. Ali and William A. Petri Jr.   Amebiasis and infections due to Entamoeba species are discussed in Chapter 341. The ubiquitous, free-living amoebae…

Disorders of Accelerated Aging   John C. Carey   The syndromes associated with an accelerated or premature aging (often called progeroid) pheno-type represent an uncommon but medically and biologically important…

Clinical Trials in Pediatric Oncology   Malcolm A. Smith and Gregory H. Reaman   Clinical trials have played a central role in converting many of the once fatal childhood cancers…