Infectious diseases are becoming more complicated to diagnose and treat. History plays a crit­ical role in narrowing the differential diagnosis and deciding on the most appropriate diag­nostic tests. Symptoms often…

Eighteen years old male with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, hypoxia and hemoptysis was diagnosed with Goodpasture syndrome. We present a retrospective analysis of the clinical decision making that lead to the…

Adolescence is a developmental stage in which a person is learning to master cognitive, emo­tional, social and moral maturity. Adolescents growing up with chronic renal disease enter this stage later…

The most important agents of endemic mycoses that can cause disease in healthy hosts are Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Coccidioides immitis. They occupy specific ecologic and geographic…

Endometriosis is an estrogen dependent disease that affects 5-10% of women of reproduc­tive age. The disease occurs most commonly on the uterosacral ligaments, in the pouch of Douglas, on the…

Near-death experiences are experiences of deep feelings of out-of-body experiences and of entering other dimensions outside the usual borders of time and space. They mostly occur when a person is…

Numerous preclinical and clinical studies have shown a correlation between the consumption of moderate amounts of red wine and a reduced risk of cardiovascular complications asso­ciated with atherosclerosis. Both polyphenolic…

Cardiogenic shock is a state of tissue hypoperfusion that involves signs of progressive tissue injury due to failing heart function. Cardiogenic shock can develop as a consequence of myocar­dial disease/injury,…

BACKGROUND. Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is a primary immuno­deficiency disorder characterized by immune dysregulation. ALPS is defined as chronic, nonmalignant lymphoproliferation in patients with double-negative T cell (DNT) expansion over…