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Section I. Syptomatic Care Pending Diagnosis01. Pain- Alan Douglass02. Nausea and Vomiting- Chad M. Braun03. Gaseousness and Indigestion- Ram Dickman and Ronnie Fass04. Hiccups- Michael J. Pollack05. Acute Infectious Diarrhea- Martin S. Wolfe06. Constipation- David E. Beck07. Fever- Ian M. Paul08. Cough- David G. Hill09. Treatment of Insomnia- Martin L. Reite10. Pruritus- Louis J Rusin11. Tinnitus- Claus-Frenz Claussen12. Low Back Pain- Michael T. McCannSection II. The Infectious Diseases13. Management of the Patient with HIV disease- Surendra K. Sharma and Tamilarasu Kadhiravan14. Amebiasis- Rashidul Haque and William A. Petri, Jr.15. Giardiasis- David E. Katz and Alfred DeMaria, Jr.16. Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock- Steven Zgliniec and Robert A. Balk17. Brucellosis- Javier Solera18. Varicella- Charles Grose19. Cholera- Eduardo Salazar-Lindo20. Food-Borne Illnesses- Evangelista Sagnelli21. Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections- James S. Tan22. Toxic Shock Syndrome- Robert L. Deresiewicz23. Influenza- Kenneth J. Smith24. Visceral Leishmaniasis- Pierre Marty and Eric Rosenthal25. Leprosy (Hansens Disease)- Winnie W. Ooi26. Malaria- Monica Parise and Melto James Eliades27. Bacterial Meningitis- Gary D. Overturf28. Infectious Mononucleosis- Leonard R. Krilov29. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome- Steven Reid and Simon Wessely30. Mumps- Mobeen H. Rathore amd Ayesha Mirza31. Plague- Douglas A. Drevets32. Anthrax- Jon B. Woods33. Psittacosis (Ornithosis)- Mark Woodhead34. Q Fever- Pere Domingo35. Rabies- Alan C. Jackson36. Rat Bite Fever- Liane K. Freels37. Relapsing Fever- Diego Cadavid38. Lyme Disease- Arthur Weinstein and Shobha Wani39. Rubella and Congenital Rubella- Michael T. Brady40. Measles (Rubeola)- Katalin I. Koranyi41. Tetanus- Ramesh Khurana and James P. Richardson42. Whooping Cough (Pertussis)- Michael E. Pichichero43. Office-Based Immunization Practices- Robert M. Jacobson44. Travel Medicine- William F. Miser amd Katherine G. Gerges45. Taxoplasmosis- Thomas T. Ward46. Cat Scratch Disease- Michael J. Smith47. Salmonellosis- Arvid E. Underman48. Typhoid Fever- Zulfiqar Bhutta49. Rickettsial & Ehrlichial Infections- David H. Walker49a. Smallpox- Ian M. BairdSection III. Diseases of the Head and Neck50. Vision Correction Procedures- Kraig S. Bower51. Conjunctivitis- Sandra Y Cho and Michael Goldstein52. Optic neuritis- Andrew G. Lee amd Steven L. Galetta53. Glaucoma- Misha F. Syed and Nicolas P. Bell54. Otitis Externa- Jeffrey T. Vrabec55. Otitis Media- J. Scott McMurray56. Episodic Vertigo- Lorne S. Parnes57. Meniere's Disease- Ted A. Meyer and Paul R. Lambert58. Sinusitis- Richard R. Orlandi59. Non-Allergic Rhinitis- Phil Lieberman60. Hoarseness and Laryngitis- Robert Thayer Sataloff61. Streptococcal Pharyngitis- John BruschSection IV. The Respiratory System62. Acute Respiratory Failure- William Henderson and Sean Keenan63. Atelectasis- Craig Michael Schramm64. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease- Juan Armando Garcia and Stephen G. Jenkinson65. Cystic Gibrosis- Robert L. Zanni66. Sleep Apnea- Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong Jr67. Primary Lung Cancer- Christopher S. George and Teresa M. George68. Coccidioidomycosis- Nancy F. Crum69. Histoplasmosis- Linus H. Santo Tomas and Ralph M. Schapira70. Blastomycosis- Robert Bradsher and Anupama Menon71. Pleural Effusion and Empyema Thoracis- Robert L. Thurer and Jeffrey Rentz72. Primary Lung Abscess- Scott Swanson and Virginia Litle73. Acute Bronchitis- Ralph Schapira and Susan Davids74. Bacterial Pneumonia- Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas75. Viral Respiratory Infections- Surendra Kumar Sharma and Alladi Mohan76. Viral and Mycoplasmal Pnuemonias- Burke A. Cunha77. Legionellosis (Legionnai