Community-acquired urinary tract infections occur mostly in women, are generally caused by Escherichia coli, and are among the most common bacterial infections. For the past two decades, trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole or trimethoprim alone has been used ...

The acute coronary syndromes, which comprise unstable angina, myocardial infarction without ST-segment elevation, and myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation, continue to be a major health problem. Recent important advances in revascularization ...

In this issue of the Journal, Martin et al.¹ present a striking report of a boy with X-linked agammaglobulinemia in whom typical type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus developed at the age of 14 years. This report is of great interest because it shows ...

To the Editor: Accurate identification of phenotype is critical for precise genetic characterization. Standard textbooks define the Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome as the combination of a short PR interval, an increased duration of the QRS complex caused ...

To the Editor: Istre et al. (June 21 issue)¹ reported that 5.5 percent of house fires were caused directly by smoking and 4.5 percent by children playing with fire, which is greatly facilitated by the presence of smoking paraphernalia, such as matches ...

To the Editor: A prior report from an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group trial of adjuvant therapy (EST 2284), one of the trials that provided samples for the study by Watanabe et al. (April 19 issue),¹ showed that there is a statistically significant ...

To the Editor: In their review, Mannucci and Tuddenham (June 7 issue)¹ discuss the use of recombinant clotting factors for the treatment of hemophilia. When these products were introduced, it was anticipated that there would be an inexhaustible supply of ...

To the Editor: Intracytoplasmic injection of sperm is the recommended treatment for male infertility, associated with an average pregnancy rate per cycle of about 30 percent.¹ Although sperm count and motility were found to have no effect on the outcome ...

To the Editor: The addition of egg to the paste used to protect stone buildings is an old custom, with origins in ancient Rome.¹,² We describe a patient who had an episode of severe asthma and atopic dermatitis caused by the release of this hidden ...

In the past half century, new genetic, biochemical, neuropathological, neurocognitive, and neuroimaging methods have led to a better understanding of brain disease and have allowed us to distinguish such disease from the aging of a healthy brain. ...

Cerebral vasospasm is a delayed, severe clinical event after an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The vasospasm can affect all the cerebral arteries but principally affects the large arteries located around the ruptured aneurysm. At times the arterial ...

Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Nerve Disorders is the latest in the valuable Contemporary Neurology Series from Oxford University Press. Although multiple experts contributed to the book, the three editors helped to write all but 5 of its 31 ...