Articles on Medical Diseases and Conditions

Febrile agglutinins are serologic tests for a group of unrelated infectious diseases that are sometimes responsible for so-called fever of unknown origin. They include typhoid and enteric (Salmonella) fever, certain rickettsial diseases, brucellosis, and tularemia. Since organisms causing these diseases are potential causes of fever of unknown origin, and since relatively simple slide agglutination serologic […]

Enteric bacilli form a large family of gramegative rods (see Table 37-6). As their name implies, most are found primarily in the intestinal tract. These include species such as Salmonella, Shigella, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Proteus, and several others (see Table 37-6). Many are normal inhabitants and cause disease only if they escape to other […]