Infectious diseases

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• adult polyglucosan body disease
  3 January 2006

  Adult polyglucosan body disease is a late-onset, slowly progressive, autosomal recessive disorder affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems. Patients typically present after age 40 years with a variable combination of cognitive impairment, pyramidal tetraparesis, peripheral neuropathy, and neurogenic bladder. Other manifestations include cerebellar dysfunction and extrapyramidal signs. THis disease is an allelic disorder to type IV glycogen storage disease with GBE1 mutations (...)

• BK virus nephropathy
  14 May 2010, by JA

  BK virus nephritis

• infectious mononucleosis
  20 August 2004

  IMN; EBV-associated infectious mononucleosis

• cutaneous helminthiasis
  10 December 2004

  Types
  — Nematode (round worm)- 2mm-35cm round and slender nonsegmented body with collagenous epicuticle surrounding a coelomique cavity containing sexually reproductive organs and digestive tract.
  — - zoonotic north american Brugia
  — - enterobius vermicularis
  — - onchocerciasis
  — - lymphatic filariasis (Wuchereria bancorfti, Brugia malayi..)
  — - dirofilariasia conjunctivae infection
  — - dracontiasis
  — - cutaneous larva migrans (Ankylostoma caninum)
  — Cestode (tape worm)- cystic larva with (...)

• zoonotic north american Brugia
  8 December 2004

  hosts; American mammals:
  racoons, rabbits, and possibly bobcats and mink
  transmission:
  mosquito bite. Brugia species rarely cause zoonotic infections in humans.
  life cycle:
  In humans, the worm matures to an adult but dies without reproducing. Humans are dead-end hosts for American Brugia species. No circulating microfilarae have been found in humans.
  clinical findings:
  single painless nodule with no systemic signs or symptoms
  histopathology:
  nematode(s) located in the deep dermis (...)

• cryptococcosis
  14 March 2007

  cryptococcal infections, cryptococcoses

• chronic synovitis in Lyme disease
  18 January 2010

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  Chronic Synovitis in Lyme Disease (WebPathology)
  Definition: Lyme disease is a multisystems infectious disorder caused by the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. Infection occurs by ticks feeding on mammalian hosts, including humans. The distribution of the tick and spirochete is world-wide and is especially prevalent where there are large deer populations.
  Stages
  The disease is seen in three stages:
  Stage I is a cutaneous rash (erythema chronicum migrans) consisting of (...)

• tetanus
  15 March 2009

  Tetanus, also called lockjaw, is a medical condition characterized by a prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers. The primary symptoms are caused by tetanospasmin, a neurotoxin produced by the Gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani.
  Infection generally occurs through wound contamination, and often involves a cut or deep puncture wound. As the infection progresses, muscle spasms in the jaw develop, hence the name lockjaw. This is followed by difficulty in (...)

• cutaneous fungal vasculitis
  18 November 2005

  See also
  Vasculitis cutaneous vasculitis

• aspergillus vasculitis
  18 November 2005

  See also
  Aspergillus invasive aspergillosis
  Vasculitis infectious vasculitis

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