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 | Evaluation of Bacteremias and Sepsis |
| |  | delta-Apache II Score in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia |
| |  | Intravascular Infections Associated with Salmonella Bacteremia |
| |  | Predicting Bacteremia in Patients with Sepsis Syndrome |
| |  | Sepsis Score of Elebute and Stoner |
| |  | Score for Predicting Bacteremia in Hospitalized Patients |
| |  | Index for Predicting Bacteremia or Occult Bacterial Infection in Adults with Acute Unexplained Fever |
| |  | Risk Factors of Bonomo et al for Mortality in Patients with Enterobacter Species Bacteremia |
| |  | Prognostic Staging System of Khan et al for Patients with Salmonella Bacteremia Associated with Typhoid Fever |
| |  | Sepsis Score of Dionigi et al (Modified Sepsis Score of Elebute and Stoner) |
| |  | Predicting Survival in Septic Surgical Patients Using the Sepsis Score of Dionigi et al and Complement Factor B Levels |
| |  | Sepsis Index of Survival (SIS) of Dominioni and Dionigi |
| |  | The Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) Score |
| |  | Method of Richter et al for Evaluating a Blood Culture Positive for a Possible Contaminant |
| |  | Clinical Score of Fowler et al to Identify Patients with Complicated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia |
| |  | Hematologic Scoring for Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis |
| |  | Risk Factors of Kang et al for Mortality in a Patient with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia |
| |  | Classification of McCabe and Jackson for Severity of Underlying Illness in Patients with Gram Negative Bacteremia |
| |  | Risk Factors of Kang et al for 30 Day Mortality and Broad-Spectrum Cephalosporin Resistance in Patients with Enterobacter Bacteremia |
| |  | Risk Factors of Lee et al for Bacteremia in a Patient with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever |
| |  | Score of Jaimes et al for Predicting Death in a Patient with Suspected Sepsis in the Emergency Department |
| |  | Risk Factors for Nontyphoid Salmonella Bacteremia in Pediatric Patients |
| |  | Risk Factors of Teehan et al for Bacteremia in Hemodialysis Patients |
| |  | Risk Factors of Mylotte and Tayara for 30-Day Mortality in a Patient with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia |
| |  | Evaluation of a Patient with Clostridium septicum Bacteremia |
| |  | Clinical Findings in a Patient with Clostridium sordellii Bacteremia |
| |  | Risk Factors for Clostridium sordellii Bacteremia |
| |  | Clinical Score of Griffin et al for Neonatal Sepsis |
| |  | Risk Factors of Aube et al for Septic Shock in a Patient with Bacteremia |
 | Otitis Media |
| |  | Management of Otitis Media in Children |
| |  | Severity of Disease Scale of Megerian et al for Chronic Otitis Media |
| |  | Criteria of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for Acute Otitis Media |
| |  | Factors of Rovers et al for Prognostic Factors Affecting the Decision for Surgical Intervention in a Child with Otitis Media |
| |  | Surgical Interventions for a Child with Otitis Media with Indications for Surgery |
| |  | Risk Factors of Boston et al for a Child Undergoing Multiple Tympanostomy Tube Insertions |
 | Grading the Gram Stain to Determine Specimen Quality |
| |  | Barlett's Grading System for Sputum Specimens |
| |  | Murray and Washington's Grading System for Sputum Specimens |
| |  | The Composite Q Score of Bartlett for Determining Specimen Quality |
| |  | Ratio of Neutrophils to Squamous Epithelial Cells in a Gram Stain |
 | Evaluation of Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Distinguishing Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome from Three Other Acute Respiratory Diseases |
| |  | Pittsburgh Pneumonia Prognostic Index |
| |  | Prediction Rule of Patient Risk in Community Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Prognostic Score in Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Method of Diehr et al for Prediction of Pneumonia in Outpatients with Acute Cough |
| |  | Method of Singal et al for Prediction of Pneumonia in the Emergency Department |
| |  | Method of Heckerling et al for Prediction of Pneumonia in Adults with Acute Respiratory Illness |
| |  | Method of Gennis et al for Ordering Chest Radiographs to Evaluate Possible Pneumonia |
| |  | Risk Factors for Increased Morbidity, Complications or Death in Patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Criteria for Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Prognostic Score for ICU Mortality in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Diagnostic Criteria for Community Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Prognostic Indicators for Bacterial Pneumonia in HIV-Infected Patients |
| |  | Prognostic Score of Conte et al for Elderly Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Prognostic Rule of the British Thoracic Society for Patients Hospitalized for Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Ordering of Chest X-Rays in Children with Fever or Respiratory Symptoms |
| |  | Bedside Score of Ruiz-Gonzalez et al for Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Diagnostic Algorithm of Cunha for Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Revised Criteria of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) for Severe Pneumonia (CURB Score) |
| |  | Influence of Unstable Factors on Adverse Outcome Following Hospital Discharge in a Patient Admitted for Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Specific Pathogens as the Cause for Community Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Prediction of 30 Day Mortality in a Nursing Home Resident with Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Using the Multivariate Equation From the Missouri MRI Study |
| |  | Risk Factors of Seppa et al for Identifying a Severe Community Acquired Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in an Elderly Patient |
| |  | Scoring System of van Eeden et al for Grading the Severity of Community Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Prognostic Discriminant Rule of Garcia-Ordonez et al for an Elderly Patient Hospitalized for Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Risk Factors of Mylotte for Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Severity Score of Naughton et al for Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia (NHAP) |
| |  | Risk Factors of El Solh et al for Recurrent Hospitalization for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Elderly Patients |
| |  | Criteria of Menendez et al for Clinical Stability in Patients Hospitalized for Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Factors of Menendez et al Affecting Time to Clinical Stability and Complications in a Patient Hospitalized for Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Risk Score of Black et al for Hospitalization of an Ambulatory Patient with Pneumonia |
| |  | Prognostic Factors of Falguera et al for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus |
| |  | Prognostic Factors of Falguera et al for Predicting the Risk of Mortality in a Patient with Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Complicated and Unstable Categories of Siegel for High Risk Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Swedish Guidelines for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Adults Based on the CURB-65 |
| |  | Clinical Pathway of Loeb et al for Evaluating a Resident of a Nursing Home with a Lower Respiratory Tract Infection and Pneumonia |
 | Evaluation of Nosocomial and Ventilator-Associated (Intubation-Associated) Pneumonia |
| |  | Predictive Risk Index for Nosocomial Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit |
| |  | Score for Predicting Nosocomial Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit |
| |  | The Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS) of Pugin et al for Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia |
| |  | Risk Factors of Drakulovic et al for Nosocomial Pneumonia in Mechanically Ventilated Patients |
| |  | Definition of the American Thoracic Society for Severe Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia |
| |  | Risk Index of Arozullah et al for Predicting Postoperative Pneumonia in a Patient After Major Noncardiac Surgery |
| |  | Criteria of the Cowley Shock Trauma Center for Clinical Pneumonia in a Trauma Patient |
| |  | Risk Factors of Cook et al for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Patients in the Intensive Care Unit |
| |  | Modified Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS) of Luna et al for the Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia |
| |  | Risk Factors of Hilker et al for Nosocomial Pneumonia After Acute Stroke |
| |  | Risk Factors of Mosconi et al for Pneumonia in a Critically Ill Patient |
| |  | Formula of Croce et al to Predict the Probability of Developing Ventilatory-Associated Pneumonia After Trauma |
| |  | Risk Factors of Delgado-Rodriguez et al for Postoperative Pneumonia |
| |  | Risk Factors of Antonelli et al for Early and Late Onset Pneumonia After Trauma |
| |  | Model of Von Dossow et al for Identifying a Surgical Patient with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia at Risk for Septic Shock Using Serum Lymphokine Levels |
| |  | Risk Factors of Bercault et al for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Including Intrahospital Transport |
| |  | Criteria for Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in an Infant |
| |  | Risk Factors for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in a Pediatric Patient in the Intensive Care Unit (PICU) |
 | Body Temperatures |
| |  | Body Temperature Measurements at Different Sites |
| |  | Body Temperature Measurements and Diurnal Rhythm |
| |  | Causes of a False Elevation in Body Temperature |
 | Infective Endocarditis |
| |  | von Reyn (Beth Israel) Criteria for Infective Endocarditis |
| |  | Duke Criteria for Infective Endocarditis |
| |  | Prognostic Score of Hasbun et al for an Adult with Left-Sided Native Valve Endocarditis |
| |  | Indications for Surgical Intervention in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis |
| |  | Grading Classification and Risk Score of Sanfilippo et al for Patients with Infectious Endocarditis Based on Echocardiographic Findings |
| |  | Risk Factors of Lancellotti et al for Systemic Embolization or Death in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis |
| |  | Risk Factors of Gagliardi et al for Mortality in a Patient with Native Valve Infective Endocarditis |
| |  | Risk Factors of Aksoy et al for Mortality in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis |
| |  | Risk Factors of Naqvi et al for Mortality in a Patient with a Paravalvular Abscess |
 | Evaluation of Meningitis |
| |  | Differential Diagnosis between Acute Bacterial and Viral Meningitis Using the Model of Spanos et al. |
| |  | Differential Diagnosis between Acute Bacterial and Viral Meningitis Using the Model of Hoen et al. |
| |  | Risk of Adverse Clinical Outcome in Patients with Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis |
| |  | Scoring System of Herson and Todd to Predict Morbidity in Hemophilus influenzae Meningitis |
| |  | Prognostic Indicators of Kornelisse et al for Pneumococcal Meningitis in Children |
| |  | Prognostic Indicators of Auburtin et al in Patients with Severe Pneumococcal Meningitis |
| |  | Diagnostic Index of Thwaites et al for Tuberculous Meningitis in Adults From a Developing Country with High Prevalence of Tuberculosis |
| |  | Classification Tree of Thwaites et al for Tuberculous Meningitis in Adults From a Developing Country with High Prevalence of Tuberculosis |
| |  | Diagnostic Rule of Kumar et al for Tuberculous Meningitis in Children From a Developing Country with High Prevalence of Tuberculosis |
| |  | CSF Score of Oostenbrink et al for Identifying Bacterial Meningitis in Children with Meningeal Signs |
| |  | Bacterial Meningitis Risk Score of Oostenbrink et al for Children with Meningeal Signs |
| |  | The British Medical Research Council (BMRC) Clinical Stages for Tuberculous Meningitis |
| |  | Risk Factors of van de Beek et al for an Unfavorable Outcome After Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis |
| |  | Clinical Predictors of Kutz et al for Hearing Loss in a Pediatric Patient Following Bacterial Meningitis |
| |  | Tuberculous Meningitis Acute Neurologic (TBAN) Score of Saitoh et al for Predicting Severe Neurologic Sequelae in Pediatric Tuberculous Meningitis |
| |  | Diagnostic Criteria of Saitoh et al for Pediatric Tuberculous Meningitis |
| |  | Bacterial Meningitis Score of Nigrovic et al for Distinguishing Aseptic from Bacterial Meningitis in Pediatric Patients |
| |  | Classification Tree of Nigrovic et al for Distinguishing Aseptic from Bacterial Meningitis in Pediatric Patients |
| |  | Nomogram of Koomen et al for Predicting Hearing Loss in a Pediatric Patient Following Bacterial Meningitis |
 | Opportunistic Fungal Infections |
| |  | Risk Factors for Mortality from Zygomycosis in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies |
| |  | Risk Factors for Poor Outcome from Cryptococcal Meningitis in AIDS Patients |
| |  | Risk Factors for Opportunistic Fungal Infections |
| |  | IFICG and NIAID Criteria for Opportunistic Invasive Fungal Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient with Cancer or Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: Host Factors |
| |  | IFICG and NIAID Criteria for Opportunistic Invasive Fungal Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient with Cancer or Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: Microbiological Findings |
| |  | IFICG and NIAID Criteria for Opportunistic Invasive Fungal Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient with Cancer or Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: Clinical Findings |
| |  | IFICG and NIAID Criteria for Opportunistic Invasive Fungal Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient with Cancer or Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: Diagnostic Categories |
| |  | Clinical Findings of Lionakis and Kontoyiannis That Favor an Invasive Saprophytic Mold Infection |
| |  | Clinical Features of Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Mucormycosis |
| |  | Clinical Features of Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis |
| |  | Clinical Features of Pulmonary Mucormycosis |
| |  | Clinical Features of Rhinocerebral (Craniofacial) Mucormycosis |
| |  | Clinical Features of Disseminated Mucormycosis |
| |  | Risk Factors of McGuire et al for an Invasive Fungal Infection in a Premature Infant |
| |  | Criteria for the Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis |
| |  | Risk Factors of Visnegarwala et al for Acute Respiratory Failure in a Patient with AIDS and Cryptococcosis |
| |  | Risk Factors and Clinical Findings for Opportunistic Fungal Endophthalmitis |
| |  | Clinical Features of Disseminated Penicillium marneffei |
| |  | Predictors of Hachem et al for Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Cancer Patients |
| |  | Risk Factors of Cordonnier et al for Mortality from Invasive Aspergillosis Following a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant |
 | Necrotizing Fasciitis and Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections |
| |  | Severity Index Score of Laor et al for Fournier's Gangrene |
| |  | Model of Wall et al for Identifying Patients with Necrotizing Fasciitis |
| |  | Risk Factors for Necrotizing Fasciitis |
| |  | Indications of Ahrenholz for Surgical Exploration for a Possible Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection |
| |  | Diagnostic Scores of Sverdrup et al for Erysipelas and Necrotizing Fasciitis |
| |  | Histologic Stages of Bakleh et al for Necrotizing Fasciitis |
| |  | Risk Factors of Anaya et al for Mortality and Limb Loss in a Patient with a Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection |
| |  | Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Abdominal Wall |
| |  | Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) Score of Wong et al |
| |  | Disease Severity Score of Wilson et al for Complicated Infections of Skin and Soft Tissue |
| |  | Prognostic Model of Yaghoubian et al for Mortality in a Patient with a Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection Based on Serum Lactate and Sodium Levels |
 | Syphilis |
| |  | Criteria for Diagnosis of Primary Syphilis |
| |  | Criteria for Diagnosis of Secondary Syphilis |
| |  | Criteria for Diagnosis of Early Latent Syphilis |
| |  | Criteria for Diagnosis of Benign and Cardiovascular Syphilis |
| |  | Criteria for Diagnosis of Neurosyphilis |
| |  | Criteria for Diagnosis of Neonatal Congenital Syphilis |
| |  | Algorithm for Diagnosis of Early Syphilis |
| |  | ITPA Index in Neurosyphilis |
| |  | Pseudo Gastric Lymphoma in Gastric Syphilis |
 | Meningococcal Infection |
| |  | Calculation of the Meningococcal Attack Rate |
| |  | Clinical Score of Barquet et al in Meningococcal Disease |
| |  | Glasgow Meningococcal Septicemia Prognostic Score |
| |  | Prognostic Score of Stiehm and Damrosch in Meningococcal Infection |
| |  | Prognostic Factors of Niklasson et al in Meningicoccal Disease |
| |  | Prognostic Score of Leclerc et al in Pediatric Meningococcemia |
| |  | Outcome Predictors of Algren et al in Pediatric Meningococcal Infection |
| |  | Clinical Score of Stokland et al in Pediatric Meningococcal Infection |
| |  | Prognostic Factors of Vik-Mo et al Meningococcal Infection |
| |  | Prognostic Evaluation of Gardlund in Meningococcal Disease |
| |  | Prognostic Factors of Kahn and Blum for Fulminating Meningococcemia in Children |
| |  | Prognostic Factors of Lewis in Acute Meningococcemia in Children |
| |  | Scoring System of Tuysuz et al in Pediatric Meningococcal Disease |
| |  | Prognostic Factors of Tesoro and Selbst in Pediatric Meningococcal Infection |
| |  | Prognostic Factors of Giraud et al in Adult Overwhelming Meningococcal Purpura |
| |  | Prognostic Score of Emparanza et al in Acute Meningococcemia |
| |  | Rotterdam Score for Meningococcal Septic Shock in Children |
| |  | Use of the Classification Tree of Werneck et al in Children with Meningococcal Disease |
| |  | The MenOPP Bedside Clinical Risk Score of Gedde-Dahl et al for Meningococcal Disease |
| |  | The Neisseria Sepsis Index (NESI) Score |
| |  | Comparison of the Different Meningococcal Predictive Instruments |
| |  | Criteria from the International Sepsis Definitions Conference for Meningococcal Sepsis and Meningococcal Septic Shock |
| |  | Predicting Prognosis in Meningococcal Sepsis Using Serum Chemokine Concentrations |
| |  | Model of Castellanos-Ortega et al for Prognosis in a Child with Meningococcal Septic Shock |
| |  | Prognostic Models of Malley et al for a Pediatric Patient with Invasive Meningococcal Disease |
 | Infections by Group A Streptococcus |
| |  | Jones Criteria for Rheumatic Fever |
| |  | Diagnostic Criteria for Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome |
| |  | Streptococcal Clinical Score for Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis |
| |  | Scoring System of Dobbs for Predicting Group A Streptococcal Throat Infection |
| |  | Sore Throat Score of McIsaac et al |
| |  | Algorithm of Hoffmann for Use of Throat Swabs in Patients with Acute Pharyngo-Tonsillitis |
| |  | Nine-Factor Streptococcal Pharyngitis Scorecard of Breese |
| |  | The History Score for Streptococcal Pharyngitis of Clancy et al |
| |  | Criteria for Streptococcal Necrotizing Fasciitis |
| |  | Sore Throat Score of Paradise et al |
| |  | Classification Method of Paradise et al for a Throat Infection |
| |  | Clinical Features of Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) |
 | Lyme Disease |
| |  | Western Blot Testing in the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease |
| |  | Clinical Score for Diagnosis of Pediatric Lyme Disease Arthritis |
| |  | Criteria of Hauser et al for the Serodiagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe Using Western Blot Testing |
| |  | Distinguishing Reinfection from Relapse in a Patient with Lyme Disease |
| |  | Diagnostic Criteria of Blanc et al for Neuroborreliosis |
 | Evaluation of Osteomyelitis |
| |  | Clinical Classification of Post-Traumatic Tibial Osteomyelitis |
| |  | The Osteomyelitis Staging System of Cierny and Mader |
| |  | Classification of Baumhauer et al for Outcome Following Therapy of Chronic Osteomyelitis of the Calcaneus |
| |  | Risk Factors of Suedkamp et al for Osteomyelitis Following Open Fracture |
| |  | Risk Factors of Dubey et al for Recurrent Osteomyelitis Following Trauma or Infection of Contiguous Soft Tissue |
| |  | Clinical Findings of Dubey et al Seen in Patients with Recurrent Osteomyelitis |
 | HIV Infection and AIDS |
| |  | CD4-to-CD8 Lymphocyte Ratio |
| |  | CD4 Lymphocyte Count |
| |  | Mortality Risk in HIV-1 Infected Children |
| |  | Plasma HIV-1 RNA Levels |
| |  | Interpretation of Western Blot Assay in the Serodiagnosis of HIV-1 Infection |
| |  | Risk Factors for Maternal Transmission of HIV-1 to Infants |
| |  | Criteria for Release of HIV Antibody Test Results |
| |  | Walter Reed Staging Classification for HIV Infection |
| |  | Clinical Staging System for HIV Infection of Rabeneck et al |
| |  | Staging System for AIDS Patients of Mocroft et al |
| |  | Staging System for AIDS Based on Physiologic Deficits |
| |  | CDC 1993 Revised Classification System for HIV Infection |
| |  | World Health Organization Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease |
| |  | Recommendations for Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Testing for Adults with HIV-1 Infection |
| |  | Prognostic Score from the EuroSIDA Study for a Patient Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) |
| |  | Survival-Based Severity Index of Turner et al for Patients with AIDS |
| |  | Retroviral Rebound Syndrome |
| |  | Immune Restoration (Immune Reconstitution) in HIV Infected Patients Receiving HAART |
| |  | Diffuse Infiltrative Lymphocytosis Syndrome (DILS) in an HIV-Infected Patient |
| |  | Clinical Features of the Primary HIV Infection |
| |  | Importance Score of Robertson et al for Identifying the Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in an HIV Patient Receiving HAART |
| |  | Clinical Definition of Robertson et al for the Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in an HIV Patient Receiving HAART |
| |  | Method of Chen et al for Using a Complete Blood Cell Count to Identify a Patient with HIV Infection and a Low CD4 Cell Count |
| |  | Criteria for Seroreversion (SR) in a Pediatric Patient Born to an HIV-Infected Mother |
| |  | CDC Criteria for HIV Infection in a Pediatric Patient |
| |  | CDC Criteria for Perinatal Exposure to HIV |
| |  | Models of Schechter et al for Progression to AIDS in HIV-Positive Homosexual Men |
| |  | Evaluation of Thymic Volume in a Pediatric HIV-Positive Patient Starting HAART |
 | Infectious Colitis |
| |  | Prognostic Criteria of Ramaswamy et al in Clostridium difficile Colitis |
| |  | Symptom Score in Clostridium difficile Colitis |
| |  | Severity Classification of Dallal et al for Clostridium difficile Colitis |
| |  | Indications for Surgical Resection in Clostridium difficile Colitis |
| |  | Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Diarrhea |
| |  | Clinical and Laboratory Features of Antibiotic-Associated Hemorrhagic Colitis Caused by Cytotoxin-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca |
 | Gastroenteritis |
| |  | Clinical Severity Score for Rotavirus Gastroenteritis |
| |  | Criteria of Kaplan et al for an Outbreak of Norwalk (Norovirus) Gastroenteritis |
| |  | Risk Factors for Acute Gastroenteritis Associated with Caliciviruses (Norwalk Agent) |
| |  | Diarrhea-to-Vomiting Prevalence Ratio (D/V Ratio) During an Outbreak of Acute Gastroenteritis |
 | Kawasaki Syndrome (Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome) |
| |  | Diagnostic Criteria of the American Heart Association for Kawasaki Syndrome |
| |  | Risk Levels of Dajani et al for Coronary Artery Lesions Detected in a Patient with Kawasaki Disease on Echocardiography |
| |  | Criteria for Kawasaki Syndrome from the International Consensus Conference on the Nomenclature of Systemic Vasculitis (Chapel Hill Conference) |
| |  | Predictors of Egami et al for Resistance to Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in a Patient with Kawasaki Disease |
| |  | Predictors of Fukunishi et al for Resistance to Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in a Patient with Kawasaki Disease |
| |  | Clinical Findings in a Patient with Kawasaki Syndrome |
 | Peritonitis and Intra-Abdominal Abscess |
| |  | Mannheim Peritonitis Index (MPI) |
| |  | Prognostic Factors Following Colonic Perforation |
| |  | Risk Factors for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients with Cirrhosis and Ascites |
| |  | Left Colonic Peritonitis Severity Score of Biondo et al |
| |  | Discriminant Function Score of Pine et al for Predicting Survival in Patients with Intra-Abdominal Sepsis |
| |  | The Peritonitis Index of Altona II (PIA II) |
| |  | The Combined Peritonitis Score (CPS) of Kologlu et al |
| |  | Risk Factors of Fry et al for Mortality Associated with Intra-Abdominal Abscess |
| |  | The Hacettepe Score for Perforated Peptic Ulcer Disease |
| |  | Classification of Such and Runyon for Ascitic Fluid Infections |
| |  | Prognostic Peritonitis Model (PPM) of Ohmann et al Following Surgical Diagnosis of Peritonitis |
| |  | Criteria of Nystrom et al for Recovery from Intra-Abdominal Infection |
| |  | Prognostic Model of Dupont et al for a Critically Ill Patient with Candida Peritonitis |
| |  | Risk Factors of Safdar et al for Complications Associated with an Infected Biloma Developing After Liver Transplantation |
| |  | Model of Guarner et al for Predicting Risk of Community-Acquired Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in a Patient with Cirrhosis |
 | Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) |
| |  | Pediatric Tuberculosis Score Chart |
| |  | Risk Factors of Maartens et al in Miliary Tuberculosis |
| |  | Patients at Risk for Active or Reactivated Tuberculosis |
| |  | Algorithm of van Rheenen for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children in an HIV-Endemic Area of Africa |
| |  | Criteria of Park et al for Severe Spinal Tuberculosis |
| |  | Prognostic Factors of Park et al Affecting a Patient with Spinal Tuberculosis |
| |  | Model of Marais et al for Identifying a Child with Pulmonary Tuberculosis |
| |  | Risk Factors of Silva et al for Tuberculosis in a Patient with a Hematologic Malignancy |
 | Respiratory Viral Infections |
| |  | Predictors of Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Disease in Infants |
| |  | Predictive Index of Monto et al for Picornavirus Infections |
| |  | Symptom Score of Monto et al for Upper Respiratory Tract Viral Infections |
| |  | CDC Case Definition for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (SARS) |
| |  | Risk Factors Predictive of ICU Admission and Death in a Patient with Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (SARS) |
| |  | Risk Factors of Holman et al for Death in Infants Associated with Bronchiolitis |
| |  | Prediction Rule of Hak et al for Hospitalization or Death of an Elderly Patient During an Influenza Epidemic |
| |  | Prognostic Score of Zou et al for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) |
| |  | Criteria for the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) from the Chinese Ministry of Health |
| |  | 2003 WHO Criteria for the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) |
| |  | Risk Factors for Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Disease in an Elderly Patient |
| |  | Symptom and Clinical Scores of Chen et al for Diagnosis of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) |
| |  | Clinical Findings Associated with Avian Influenza A H5N1 |
| |  | Illness Score of van den Hooten et al for Comparing Clinical Findings in Metapneumovirus vs Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infections |
| |  | Respiratory Score of Groothuis et al for a Patient with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection |
| |  | Risk Factors of the Pediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC) Associated with Severe Respiratory Syncytial Viral (RSV) Infection |
| |  | Risk Factors of Gray et al for Severe Respiratory Adenovirus Infection |
 | Tetanus |
| |  | Prognostic Score for Tetanus of Gallais et al |
| |  | Classification of Veronesi for Tetanus |
| |  | Classification of Ablett for the Clinical Severity of Tetanus |
| |  | Risk Factors of Gurses and Aydin for Mortality in Neonatal Tetanus |
| |  | Prognostic Factors of Brauner et al for a Patient with Severe Tetanus |
 | Rickettsial Infections |
| |  | Risk Factors for Fatal Outcome in Patients with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
| |  | Diagnostic Score of Raoult et al for Mediterranean Spotted Fever |
| |  | Clinical Features of African Tick-bite Fever (ATBF) |
| |  | Acute Hearing Loss and Other Clinical Features of Scrub Typhus |
 | Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) |
| |  | Testing Algorithm for Hepatitis C Virus in the Asymptomatic Person |
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