Chapter 134. Botulism (Part 1) pdf

... viscera Chapter 014. Abdominal Pain (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 14. Abdominal Pain Abdominal Pain: IntroductionThe correct interpretation of acute abdominal pain ... mildest of abdominal pains may herald an urgently correctable lesion. Any patient with abdominal pain of recent onset requires early and thorough evaluation and acc...

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... Chapter 026. Confusion and Delirium (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 26. Confusion and Delirium Confusion and Delirium: Introduction Confusion, a mental and behavioral ... delirium remain largely unknown and understudied. Some episodes of delirium continue for weeks, months, or even years. The persistence of delirium in some...

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... cognition; an occipitotemporal network for face and object recognition; a limbic network for retentive memory; and a prefrontal network for attention and behavior. The numbers refer to the Brodmann ... that intersect in Lateral (top) and medial (bottom) views of the cerebral hemispheres. The primary sensory and motor areas constitute 10% of the cerebral cortex....

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... Chapter 042. Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 42. Gastrointestinal Bleeding Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Introduction Bleeding from the gastrointestinal ... patients bleeding from varices varies widely from ~5 to 30%, depending on the population. Hemorrhagic or erosive gastropathy (e.g., due Sources of Gastroint...

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... Chapter 059. Bleeding and Thrombosis (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 59. Bleeding and Thrombosis Bleeding and Thrombosis: Introduction The ... procoagulant and anticoagulant forces. The procoagulant forces include platelet adhesion and aggregation and fibrin clot formation; anticoagulant forces include the natural inhibitors...

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... Bases of Inherited Disease (OMMBID) http:/ /genetics. accessmedicine.com Online version of the comprehensive text on The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, 8e Chapter 062. ... on The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, 8e Chapter 062. Principles of Human Genetics (Part 1) Table 62-1 Selected Databases Relevant for...

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... Chapter 076. Eating Disorders (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 76. Eating Disorders Eating Disorders: Introduction Anorexia nervosa ... eating behavior. The salient feature of anorexia nervosa (AN) is a refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight. Bulimia nervosa (BN) is characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating ... die...

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... malignancies. Figure 79-2 Chapter 079. Cancer Genetics (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 79. Cancer Genetics Cancer Is a Genetic Disease Cancer arises through a series ... consequence of these mutations in tumor cells, is now known as cancer genetics. The Clonal Origin and Multistep Nature of Cancer Nearly all cancers originate from...

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... mellitus and pancreatic cancer has also been demonstrated; however, it is uncertain if diabetes is a precedent of, or consequence of, pancreatic cancer. Chapter 089. Pancreatic Cancer (Part 1) ... (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 89. Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic Cancer: Introduction Over 90% of pancreatic cancers are ductal a...

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... Chapter 095. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 95. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Carcinoma of Unknown Primary: Introduction Carcinoma ... Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is a biopsy-proven (mainly epithelial) malignancy for which the anatomic site of origin remains unidentified after an in...

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... Chapter 118. Infective Endocarditis (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 118. Infective Endocarditis Infective Endocarditis: Introduction The prototypic lesion of infective ... Clinical Forms of Endocarditis Percent of Cases Native Valve Endocarditis Prostheti c Valve Endocardi tis at Indicated Time of Onset (Months) after Val...

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... months but has had no fever. Chapter 120. Osteomyelitis (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 120. Osteomyelitis Osteomyelitis: Introduction Osteomyelitis, an infection ... thrombosed blood vessels are the principal histologic findings of acute osteomyelitis. The distinguishing feature of chronic osteomyelitis is necrotic bone, which is character...

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... Chapter 134. Botulism (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 134. Botulism Definition Botulism is a paralytic disease caused by ... (Fig. 134 -1). Cure follows sprouting of new nerve terminals. Figure 134-1 involvement and proceeds caudally to involve the extremities. Cases may be classified as (1) food-borne botulism, ... wound botulism, from...

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... dietary exposure (i.e., features suggesting an aerosol attack) Chapter 134. Botulism (Part 2) Clinical Manifestations Food-Borne Botulism After ingestion of food containing toxin, illness ... inhalational botulism) or as a contaminant in material to be ingested (producing food-borne botulism) . Inhalational botulism resembles food-borne illness, but gastrointestinal...

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... failure and long term outcome in black tar heroin– associated wound botulism. Chest 120:562, Chapter 134. Botulism (Part 4) Botulism: Treatment Patients should be hospitalized and monitored ... Prevention: Botulism in the United States, 1899- 1996: Handbook for epidemiologists, clinicians, and laboratory workers. Atlanta, CDC, 1998 (http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent /botulism/...

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