Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases 

TL;DR: Control of dengue at the present time is dependent on control of the principal vector mosquito, A. aegypti, and indigenous transmission in the continental United States remains a public health concern.

TL;DR: The major therapeutic intervention for all individuals with diarrhea consists of fluid and electrolyte therapy and when antimicrobial therapy is appropriate, selection of a specific agent should be made based upon susceptibility patterns of the pathogen or information on local susceptibility patterns.

TL;DR: For example, by the middle of the 20th century, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis had not been recognized in North America as mentioned in this paper. Yet within the past two decades the prevalence has increased to the point that several...

TL;DR: Newer molecular diagnostic methods to diagnose congenitalCMV infection, including the nucleic acid amplification of viral DNA from the peripheral blood of infants, are being investigated, and the preliminary results show promise, but more work must be done to standardize and validate these methods before they can be used routinely in establishing the diagnosis of congenital CMV infection.

TL;DR: The discovery and development of penicillin represent one of the most important developments in the annals of medical history and presents a brief overview of the events that occurred in the progress from discovery to implementation as a therapeutic agent.