Items tagged “infectious disease”
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Amoebic encephalitis
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04 Dec 2023
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Lyme disease
Lyme disease, also known as borreliosis, is a condition caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, with infection being via the ixodid tick.
Terminology
Controversy around Lyme disease centers on chronic infection with some authors doubting its existence 3. There are some terms that help di...
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Cervical tuberculous spondylitis
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21 Aug 2015
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection is an uncommon coronavirus infection (<1000 cases) with the first case reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. It most commonly causes pneumonia and acute renal failure with a mortality rate of ~40%. MERS-CoV raises concern because of i...
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Neurotoxoplasmosis
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12 Nov 2015
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Cerebritis with developing brain abscess
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12 Jul 2016
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Higoumenakis sign (clavicle)
The Higoumenakis sign is the unilateral enlargement of the sternal end of the clavicle in patients with late congenital syphilis. It was originally described as a clinical sign on physical examination but can also be recognized on chest radiograph 5.
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Treponema pallidum becomes readil...
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Caries sicca
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13 Sep 2016
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Cavitating pneumonia complicated by pneumothorax
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21 Sep 2016
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Septic arthritis of the knee
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25 Oct 2016
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Tuberculous spondylodiscitis with psoas abscess
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10 Nov 2016
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Pneumocystis pneumonia
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23 Nov 2016
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Leprotic nerve abscess
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26 Jan 2017
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Cryptococcal leptomeningitis with basal ganglia involvement
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04 May 2017
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis
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08 May 2017
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Spinal hydatid disease
Spinal hydatid disease is an uncommon manifestation of hydatid disease, caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, or less commonly E. alveolaris or E. multilocularis, and describes a spectrum of disease involving the spinal cord, the spine, or both.
For a general discussion, and fo...
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Primary hydatid cysts of the soft tissues
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24 Apr 2018
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Breast filariasis
Breast filariasis describes filariasis, a parasitic infestation commonly caused by Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi, of the breast.
Epidemiology
Lymphatic filariasis puts at risk more than a billion people in more than 80 countries who are seriously incapacitated or disfigured by the dis...
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Rabies encephalitis
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18 Feb 2019
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Tuberculous spondylitis and psoas abscess
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13 Feb 2019
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