Category Medical Specialty
Numbered diseases of childhood FOURTH DISEASE 680

Fourth disease

Filatov-Dukes disease, or fourth disease, was a proposed childhood exanthem now largely dismissed as a misclassification of rubella or scarlet fever.

Numbered diseases of childhood THIRD DISEASE 1200

Third disease

Mild viral exanthem in children; dangerous in pregnancy. Rubella causes rash and lymphadenopathy, with congenital infection leading to CRS.

Numbered diseases of childhood SECOND DISEASE 680

Second disease

Scarlet fever (second disease). Contagious GABHS infection in kids under 10 with sore throat or rash; caused by S. pyogenes strains producing erythrogenic toxin.

Numbered disease of childhood FIRST DISEASE 680

First disease

Measles (First Disease): classic childhood exanthem caused by Morbillivirus, with high infectivity, pathognomonic signs, and vaccine-preventable

Clement Dukes

Clement Dukes (1845–1925), English physician and school health reformer, proposed "Dukes' disease" and transformed adolescent medical care in public schools.

Yvonne Edna Cossart (1934-2014) 680

Yvonne Cossart

Yvonne Edna Cossart (1934-2014) was an Australian virologist. In 1975, Cossart and her colleagues recognised parvovirus B19

James Ramsay Hunt (1874-1937) 680

James Ramsay Hunt

James Ramsay Hunt (1874-1937) American neurologist. Renowned for his contributions to the field of neurology. Several conditions bear his name including Ramsay Hunt syndrome (1907)

Marie-Strümpell disease 680

Marie-Strümpell disease

Marie-Strümpell disease (ankylosing spondylitis): a chronic inflammatory spinal arthritis with progressive axial fusion, first described by Pierre Marie and Adolf Strümpell in the late 19th century.

Echocardiography LITFL ECHO

Echo basics: Prosthetic Valve

Understand and identify prosthetic valves. Learn what can go wrong with prosthetic valves; how to assess their function and examine transcatheter valves

Mary Broadfoot Walker (1888 – 1974) 340

Mary Walker

Mary Broadfoot Walker (1888 - 1974) was a Scottish physician. Mary Walker effect (1934); neostigmine and myasthenia gravis