Infectious agents

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• Mycobacterium avium intracellulare
  20 July 2007

  Mycobacterium Avium-Intracellulare Complex
  Definition: Mycobacterium avium (which includes three subspecies) and Mycobacterium intracellulare are separate species, but the infections they cause are so similar that they are simply referred to as Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex, or MAC.
  Images
  hepatic MAI infection
  https://twitter.com/GIPathologyURMC/status/765234005474181120
  Mycobacterium avium complex enteritis
  https://twitter.com/ARP_Press/status/852288984034287617 (...)

• Mycobacterium sp.
  23 April 2004

  mycobacteria, mycobacterias

• Cryptococcus neoformans
  29 August 2005

  Torula histolytica
  Definition: Cryptococcus neoformans (formerly known as Torula histolytica) is an encapsulated yeast-like fungus found in dried avian (particularly pigeon) and bat excreta, and in dust contaminated with such droppings.
  Images
  Cryptococcus disseminated to lung, spleen, kidney, thyroid.
  https://twitter.com/JMGardnerMD/status/866107567046610945
  granuloma with Cryptococcus neoformans
  https://twitter.com/smlungpathguy/status/877392725959749632
  Digital cases
  HPC:62 (...)

• Rhizopus sp.
  18 January 2007

  See also
  Mucor sp.

• Schistosoma mansoni
  11 March 2009
• Adenovirus
  10 June 2003

  Pathology (adenoviral infections)
  adenoviral hepatobiliary infections adenoviral hepatitis adenoviral cholangitis adenoviral ascending cholangiohepatitis
  adenoviral enteritis
  adenoviral colitis
  adenoviral bronchitis
  adenoviral bronchiolitis
  adenoviral pneumonia
  adenoviral conjunctivitis
  adenoviral cystitis
  adenoviral myocarditis
  Detection
  immunochemistry (#7557939#)
  in situ hybridization (#7557939#)
  See also
  adenoviral inclusions
  References
  Ohori NP, Michaels (...)

• Listeria monocytogenes
  30 November 2003

  Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive, motile facultative intracellular bacterium that causes severe food-borne infections.
  Miniepidemics of L. monocytogenes have been linked to dairy products, chicken, and hot dogs. Pregnant women, their neonates, the elderly, and immunosuppressed persons (e.g., transplant recipients or AIDS patients) are particularly susceptible to severe L. monocytogenes infection.
  In pregnant women (and pregnant sheep and cattle), L. monocytogenes causes an (...)

• Leishmania sp.
  23 April 2004

  Pathology (leishmaniasis)
  cutaneous leishmaniasis
  mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
  visceral leishmaniasis
  Types
  Leishmania donovani
  Leishmania infantum
  References
  Ravindran R, Ali N. Progress in vaccine research and possible effector mechanisms in visceral leishmaniasis. Curr Mol Med. 2004 Sep;4(6):697-709. PMID: #15357218#
  Roychoudhury K, Roy S. Role of chemokines in Leishmania infection. Curr Mol Med. 2004 Sep;4(6):691-6. PMID: #15357217#
  Basu MK, Lala S. Macrophage specific (...)

• HIV
  21 November 2003

  Pahology (HIV infection)
  AIDS
  HIV-associated oral lesions
  HIV-associated vasculopathy
  HIV-associated lymphoproliferative disorders
  HIV-associated polymorphic lymphoproliferative disorders
  HIV-associated lymphomas
  Video
  HIV
  HIV biology
  HIV replication
  HIV infection of a cell
  Targeting HIV Replication
  HIV resistance
  HIV Life Cycle
  References
  De Clercq E. The design of drugs for HIV and HCV. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2007 Dec;6(12):1001-18. PMID: #18049474#
  Lieberman (...)

• spirochetes
  28 November 2003

  spirochetal microorganisms

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