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Acinetobacter

In November, 2004, the CDC reported an increasing number of A. baumannii bloodstream infections in patients at military medical facilities in which service members injured in the Iraq/Kuwait region during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) were treated.

Adenovirus serotype 14

In February 2007, an outbreak of acute respiratory infections with fever was reported among trainees at Lackland Air Force Base (LAFB) in San Antonio.

Aerolysin

In molecular biology, aerolysin is a cytolytic pore-forming toxin exported by Aeromonas hydrophila, a Gram-negative bacterium associated with diarrhoeal diseases and deep wound infections.

Anal fissure

Examples of sexually transmitted infections that may affect the anorectal area are syphilis, herpes, chlamydia and human papilloma virus.

Antifungal

Antifungal medication, a medication used to treat fungal infections such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis, etc.

Antiviral

Antiviral drug, a class of medication used specifically for treating viral infections.

Arbidol

Some evidence suggests that the drug's actions are more effective at preventing infections from RNA viruses than infections from DNA viruses.

Bleeping Computer

Bleeping Computer also has many mini guides for things such as "How to Re-Install Windows" to "How to Install and Use Ubuntu or any version of Linux" as well as guides on how to remove common Malware infections.

Campylobacter

The symptoms of Campylobacter infections were described in 1886 in infants by Theodor Escherich.

Candida glabrata

Borax and boric acid may be used for persistent scalp and skin infections.

Causes and origins of Tourette syndrome

Autoimmune processes may affect tic severity in some cases: the unproven and contentious hypothesis that Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections, PANDAS, plays a role in the onset of tic disorders and OCD is a current focus of research.

Ciclopirox

In addition to other formulations, ciclopirox is used in lacquers for topical treatment of onychomycosis (fungal infections of the nails).

Developmental toxicity

Typical factors causing developmental toxicity are radiation, infections (e.g. rubella), maternal metabolic imbalances (e.g. alcoholism, diabetes, folic acid deficiency), drugs (e.g. anticancer drugs, tetracyclines, many hormones, thalidomide), and environmental chemicals (e.g. mercury, lead, dioxins, PBDEs, HBCD, tobacco smoke).

Diminazen

Diminazen(e) is an antiinfective drug for animals commercialized as Azidin, Berenil, Ganasag or Pirocide, directed, e.g., against infections with Babesia, Trypanosoma and Cytauxzoon and some bacteria such as Brucella and Streptococcus.

Enterovirus 71

Until 2008, no large EV71 epidemic had been reported on the Chinese mainland, but sporadic infections were common in the southeast coastal area as well as in inland regions, such as Beijing, Chongqing, and Jinan.

Ganciclovir

Ganciclovir has also been used with some success in treating Human herpesvirus 6 infections.

HIV/AIDS in Taiwan

For example, the incidence of tuberculosis in patients with advanced illness is high in Taiwan (24.6%) and the rate of endemic fungal (Penicillium marneffei) infections is increasing.

HspE7

An infection with one or more high-risk HPV types is believed to be a prerequisite for the development of cervical cancer (the vast majority of HPV infections are not high risk); according to the American Cancer Society, women with no history of the virus do not develop this type of cancer.

IFIT proteins

These proteins are generally produced during viral infection, Interferon (IFN) treatment, and during pathogen recognition (Pathogen associated molecular pattern recognition) by immune system during infections.

Influenza A virus subtype H2N3

Blood plasma levels of Interleukin 6 (IL-6), Interleukin 8, monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and Interferon-gamma were significantly increased in swine H2N3 compared to human H2N2 infected animals supporting the previously published notion of increased IL-6 levels being a potential marker for severe influenza infections.

Isocitrate lyase

This is the case for fungi such as Candida albicans, which inhabits the skin, mouth, GI tract, gut and vagina of mammals and can lead to systemic infections of immunocompromised patients; as well as for the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the major causative agent of tuberculosis.

Jonathan Meakins

Jonathan Larmonth Meakins (born 1941), Canadian expert in immunobiology and surgical infections

Klebsiella pneumonia

Infections due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens in the ICU have invoked the re-emergence of colistin, an antibiotic that had rarely been used for decades.

Larb

The consumption of larb and lu made with raw pork has led to several cases of human Streptococcus suis infections in Thailand, some of them with a deadly result.

Leslie Feinberg

Feinberg has said that ze is battling Chronic Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, Bartonella and "co-infections" from a tick bite in the 1970s.

Maccabiah bridge collapse

An autopsy of Zines finally identified the source of the infections as Pseudallescheria boydii fungus.

Measles outbreaks in the 21st century

According to newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, there were 161 infections, of which 5 infected victims were hospitalized critically ill. 2 of the victims had meningitis, two others had pneumonia and from one of them, the complications are still unknown.

Ménétrier's disease

The cause of Ménétrier disease is unknown, but it has been associated with CMV infection in children and H. pylori infections in adults.

Mini survival kit

Antibiotics: broad spectrum ones such as Azithromycin cover staphylococcus bacteria and can treat ear infections, pneumonia, strep throat, and sinusitis

Mohel

A review (2013) of cases of neonatal HSV infections in Israel identified ritual circumcision as the source of HSV-1 transmission in 31.8% of cases.

Myeloperoxidase deficiency

Although MPO deficiency classically presents with immune deficiency (especially candida albicans infections), the majority of individuals with MPO deficiency show no signs of immunodeficiency.

Oxamniquine

According to one systematic review, it is equally effective as praziquantel for treating S. mansoni infections.

Piroctone olamine

Piroctone olamine, also known as Octopirox (Clariant) and piroctone ethanolamine, is a compound sometimes used in the treatment of fungal infections.

Porcine enzootic pneumonia

It is part of the Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex along with Swine Influenza, PRRS and Porcine circovirus 2, and even though on its own it is quite a mild disease, it predisposes to secondary infections with organisms such as Pasteurella multocida.

Pruritus ani

Some diseases increase the possibility of yeast infections, such as diabetes mellitus or HIV infection.

RTX toxin

Shiga toxins (Stx) are the primary virulence factors in enterohaemorrhagic E. coli but EHEC produces several other virulence factors capable of damaging the vascular endothelium in EHEC infections.

Simian retrovirus

The SRV serotype-2 was found in endemic infections of pig-tailed monkey (M. nemestrina), cynomolgus macaques, Japanese macaque (M. fuscata), at Washington NPRC, and in rhesus and Celebes black macaques (M. nigra) at Oregon NPRC.

ST8:USA300

Outbreaks of community-associated (CA)-MRSA infections have been reported in correctional facilities, among athletic teams, among military recruits, in newborn nurseries, and among active homosexual men.

Sven Jaschan

A report by Sophos in August 2004 claimed that Jaschan's viruses were responsible for 70% of the infections seen in the first half of that year.

Tachycardia

Fever, hyperventilation, diarrhea and severe infections can also cause tachycardia, primarily due to increase in metabolic demands.

The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye

His style soon changed to include gospel infections, which helped to bring him success after he released his first hit, "Stubborn Kind of Fellow", in 1962.

Trimidox

Trimidox is an antibacterial agent that is used in cattle and swine to prevent and treat infections by both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria.

UK statutory notification system

The Proper Officer then sends a report to the Centre for Infections of the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in Colindale, north London.

Vertically transmitted infection

Many of the viral vertically transmitted infections have no effective treatment, but some, notably rubella and varicella-zoster, can be prevented by vaccinating the mother prior to pregnancy.

Vojo Deretic

Dr. Deretic has served for many years as a permanent member on National Institutes of Health study sections and on panels for other funding agencies including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and was Chair of the NIH AIDS Opportunistic Infections and Cancer (AOIC) study section.

Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa

VPWA’s annual Deworm outreach program involves volunteers going from school to school, community to community, treating children against worm infections by administering Mebendazole and Albendazole.


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