Problem 87-Vaginal discharge
... -30% of infections associated with gonorrhoea -Obstetric complication of neonatal conjunctivitis -Long term complications of infertility and ectopic pregnancies -Symptoms/signs -Salphingitis (pain, fever, infertility) -Vaginitis -Cervicitis -Purulent discharge -Post coital bleeding -Asymptomatic wom ...
... -30% of infections associated with gonorrhoea -Obstetric complication of neonatal conjunctivitis -Long term complications of infertility and ectopic pregnancies -Symptoms/signs -Salphingitis (pain, fever, infertility) -Vaginitis -Cervicitis -Purulent discharge -Post coital bleeding -Asymptomatic wom ...
Kawaski`s_disease_and_Henoch_Scholeing_Purpura
... – 171 hospitalized pts TX oral prednisone x 1 month • NO difference in rate of renal involvement • HOWEVER greater resolution at 6 mos in those with renal involvement • abd and joint pain ...
... – 171 hospitalized pts TX oral prednisone x 1 month • NO difference in rate of renal involvement • HOWEVER greater resolution at 6 mos in those with renal involvement • abd and joint pain ...
Legionella
... Even those opposed to routine sampling state that there is some utility in water system sampling. Butler et.al (1997) states, “culturing in a water system may be appropriate if performed to evaluate a suspected source of infection, as part of an outbreak investigation, to assess the effectiveness of ...
... Even those opposed to routine sampling state that there is some utility in water system sampling. Butler et.al (1997) states, “culturing in a water system may be appropriate if performed to evaluate a suspected source of infection, as part of an outbreak investigation, to assess the effectiveness of ...
Biological Terrain - Prevention and Healing
... It states that germs are airborne and specific germs cause specific disease. This theory then led to a treatment plan. As an example, Streptococcus bacillus is the cause of infectious strep throat indicated by symptoms including sore throat and fever. A common treatment plan includes the use of anti ...
... It states that germs are airborne and specific germs cause specific disease. This theory then led to a treatment plan. As an example, Streptococcus bacillus is the cause of infectious strep throat indicated by symptoms including sore throat and fever. A common treatment plan includes the use of anti ...
RSV Epidemiology
... Viral Epidemiology • During any given season a large portion of the population develops an upper or lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), Bronchiolitis • More than half of all children will be infected by their first birthday especially with RSV • By two years of age essentially all children ha ...
... Viral Epidemiology • During any given season a large portion of the population develops an upper or lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), Bronchiolitis • More than half of all children will be infected by their first birthday especially with RSV • By two years of age essentially all children ha ...
The Critical Need for New Antibiotics
... There is a critical need for new therapies to treat deadly infections caused by Gram-negative ESKAPE pathogens2—bacteria that are often resistant to available antibiotics. Only a handful of new treatments with the potential to address these serious threats are currently in development.3 † One drug ...
... There is a critical need for new therapies to treat deadly infections caused by Gram-negative ESKAPE pathogens2—bacteria that are often resistant to available antibiotics. Only a handful of new treatments with the potential to address these serious threats are currently in development.3 † One drug ...
Revulsion in chimpanzees: health maintenance through
... Keywords: Parasite Avoidance Theory of Disgust, bodily products, health, genus Pan Many major human infectious diseases are transmitted via bodily products such as feces, blood, semen, and saliva. Such contaminants are also known disgust elicitors among humans. From an evolutionary perspective, revu ...
... Keywords: Parasite Avoidance Theory of Disgust, bodily products, health, genus Pan Many major human infectious diseases are transmitted via bodily products such as feces, blood, semen, and saliva. Such contaminants are also known disgust elicitors among humans. From an evolutionary perspective, revu ...
Advances in Environmental Biology Jantraporn Suksawat and Surapol Naowarat
... conjunctivitis in India Ocean Islands, illustrating that returning travellers may serve as sentinels for infectious disease outbreak in tropical areas where the laboratory facilities are limited. During October 2010, Egypt reported an outbreak of AHC consisting of 1831 cases being reported from gove ...
... conjunctivitis in India Ocean Islands, illustrating that returning travellers may serve as sentinels for infectious disease outbreak in tropical areas where the laboratory facilities are limited. During October 2010, Egypt reported an outbreak of AHC consisting of 1831 cases being reported from gove ...
Prososki, Lisa. “The Story Of… Smallpox and other Deadly Eurasian
... The total incubation period lasts 12 days, at which point the patient will will either have died or survived. But throughout that period, if gone unchecked, they may have passed the disease to an enormous number of people. But the disease requires close human contact to replicate and survive. ...
... The total incubation period lasts 12 days, at which point the patient will will either have died or survived. But throughout that period, if gone unchecked, they may have passed the disease to an enormous number of people. But the disease requires close human contact to replicate and survive. ...
Controversy continues to fuel the “Lyme War”
... Each of these forms is affected by different types of antibiotics.If an antibiotic targets the bacterium’s cell wall,the spirochete will quickly morph into a cell-wall-deficient form or cyst form to evade the chemical enemy. Borrelia burgdorferi has an in vitro replication cycle of about seven days, ...
... Each of these forms is affected by different types of antibiotics.If an antibiotic targets the bacterium’s cell wall,the spirochete will quickly morph into a cell-wall-deficient form or cyst form to evade the chemical enemy. Borrelia burgdorferi has an in vitro replication cycle of about seven days, ...
War and Disease: War Epidemics in the Nineteenth and Twentieth
... moved ahead of the American 1942 report by Rosebury and Kabat which listed thirty-three candidate pathogens for analysis as effective biological warfare agents. That report ranked bacillus anthracis in its dormant spore as overall the most important agent (15). The Centres for Disease Control and Pr ...
... moved ahead of the American 1942 report by Rosebury and Kabat which listed thirty-three candidate pathogens for analysis as effective biological warfare agents. That report ranked bacillus anthracis in its dormant spore as overall the most important agent (15). The Centres for Disease Control and Pr ...
Disease Transmission Methods - Pandem-Sim
... The Black Death—A Vector-borne Case Study for Transmission As a study of vector-borne diseases, consider the plague. The plague has been responsible for millions of deaths in the numerous outbreaks that have been recorded for centuries. Plague outbreaks still occur. The plague is caused by a bacteri ...
... The Black Death—A Vector-borne Case Study for Transmission As a study of vector-borne diseases, consider the plague. The plague has been responsible for millions of deaths in the numerous outbreaks that have been recorded for centuries. Plague outbreaks still occur. The plague is caused by a bacteri ...
Research community stepping up efforts to learn about Ebola virus
... presence of antibodies specific for Ebola. Antibodies are proteins that are elicited during infection which are able to specifically latch onto the Ebola virus and assist in its destruction. After clearance of the virus, these antibodies persist in the blood for months or even years, serving as a ma ...
... presence of antibodies specific for Ebola. Antibodies are proteins that are elicited during infection which are able to specifically latch onto the Ebola virus and assist in its destruction. After clearance of the virus, these antibodies persist in the blood for months or even years, serving as a ma ...
Infectious Myositis
... The rabies virus is the type species of the Lyssavirus genus, in the family Rhabdoviridae. Lyssaviruses have helical symmetry, with a length of about 180 nm and a cross-sectional diameter of about 75 nm. These viruses are enveloped and have a single-stranded RNA genome ...
... The rabies virus is the type species of the Lyssavirus genus, in the family Rhabdoviridae. Lyssaviruses have helical symmetry, with a length of about 180 nm and a cross-sectional diameter of about 75 nm. These viruses are enveloped and have a single-stranded RNA genome ...
Mad Cow Disease: A Risk to Public Health in America
... BSE detected in the last 12 years. Half of the imported cattle were killed before they could have caused contamination, but the other half were tracked and most lived well beyond the incubation period. Since these particular animals were imported as breeding stock, and not to supply beef or dairy p ...
... BSE detected in the last 12 years. Half of the imported cattle were killed before they could have caused contamination, but the other half were tracked and most lived well beyond the incubation period. Since these particular animals were imported as breeding stock, and not to supply beef or dairy p ...
List of Infectious Animal Diseases-free and infected Countries (Zones)
... animal fat and oil for feed, animal greaves for feed, bovine serum, and ovine/caprine serum or other animal products that may transmit bovine spongiform encephalopathy originated from the listed countries (zones) are allowed to import into the Republic of China. 3. The recognized H5 or H7 subtype lo ...
... animal fat and oil for feed, animal greaves for feed, bovine serum, and ovine/caprine serum or other animal products that may transmit bovine spongiform encephalopathy originated from the listed countries (zones) are allowed to import into the Republic of China. 3. The recognized H5 or H7 subtype lo ...
history of microbiology
... During the 1st century AD (year 100), glass had been invented and the Romans were looking through the glass and testing it. They experimented with different shapes of clear glass and one of their samples was thick in the middle and thin on the edges. They discovered that if you held one of these “le ...
... During the 1st century AD (year 100), glass had been invented and the Romans were looking through the glass and testing it. They experimented with different shapes of clear glass and one of their samples was thick in the middle and thin on the edges. They discovered that if you held one of these “le ...
Why is home hygiene important? - International Scientific Forum on
... factors such as NDM-1 or ESBL-producing strains. Risks are not apparent until they are, for example, admitted to hospital where they can become “self-infected” with their own resistant organisms. Other patients may then become infected. As persistent nasal, skin or bowel carriage in the healthy popu ...
... factors such as NDM-1 or ESBL-producing strains. Risks are not apparent until they are, for example, admitted to hospital where they can become “self-infected” with their own resistant organisms. Other patients may then become infected. As persistent nasal, skin or bowel carriage in the healthy popu ...
Chapter 30 Microbial Interactions (미생물의 상호작용) 1
... Course of Infectious Disease • Incubation period (잠복기) – Period after pathogen entry but before signs and symptoms appear ...
... Course of Infectious Disease • Incubation period (잠복기) – Period after pathogen entry but before signs and symptoms appear ...
Document
... actinomycetes in tissue do not stain with the H &E stain commonly used for general histopathology. All genera may produce granules, Actinomyces ...
... actinomycetes in tissue do not stain with the H &E stain commonly used for general histopathology. All genera may produce granules, Actinomyces ...
African trypanosomiasis
African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease of humans and other animals. It is caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei. There are two types that infect humans, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (T.b.g) and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (T.b.r.). T.b.g causes over 98% of reported cases. Both are usually transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly and are most common in rural areas.Initially, in the first stage of the disease, there are fevers, headaches, itchiness, and joint pains. This begins one to three weeks after the bite. Weeks to months later the second stage begins with confusion, poor coordination, numbness and trouble sleeping. Diagnosis is via finding the parasite in a blood smear or in the fluid of a lymph node. A lumbar puncture is often needed to tell the difference between first and second stage disease.Prevention of severe disease involves screening the population at risk with blood tests for T.b.g. Treatment is easier when the disease is detected early and before neurological symptoms occur. Treatment of the first stage is with the medications pentamidine or suramin. Treatment of the second stage involves: eflornithine or a combination of nifurtimox and eflornithine for T.b.g. While melarsoprol works for both it is typically only used for T.b.r. due to serious side effects.The disease occurs regularly in some regions of sub-Saharan Africa with the population at risk being about 70 million in 36 countries. As of 2010 it caused around 9,000 deaths per year, down from 34,000 in 1990. An estimated 30,000 people are currently infected with 7000 new infections in 2012. More than 80% of these cases are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Three major outbreaks have occurred in recent history: one from 1896 to 1906 primarily in Uganda and the Congo Basin and two in 1920 and 1970 in several African countries. Other animals, such as cows, may carry the disease and become infected.