Infectious diseases

Articles

• chronic active EBV-infection
  24 December 2010

  CAEBV

• CMV enteritis
  18 October 2005

  Synopsis
  intestinal inflammation
  villous atrophy
  Associations
  immunodeficiency acquired immunodeficiency constitutional immunodeficiency common variable immunodeficiency (#14746434#)
  See also
  CMV digestive infections CMV gastritis CMV enteritis CMV colitis CMV enterocolitis CMV rectitis

• chromoblastomycosis
  9 July 2012

  (also known as "Chromomycosis," "Cladosporiosis," "Fonseca’s disease," "Pedroso’s disease," "Phaeosporotrichosis," "Verrucous dermatitis")
  Digital cases
  JRC:457 : Chromoblastomycosis.
  JRC:458 : Chromoblastomycosis.
  Images
  https://twitter.com/ASDPTweets/status/665166813626429440
  https://twitter.com/PathoPictures/status/635793489528229888
  https://twitter.com/VishwasParekh/status/710632555817598978
  Definition: Chromoblastomycosis is a long-term fungal infection of the skin and (...)

• varicella
  18 June 2011

  chicken pox

• North American blastomycosis
  10 July 2012

  Digital cases
  JRC:414 : Pulmonary North American blastomycosis.
  JRC:10395 : Cutaneous North American blastomycosis.
  Images
  Cutaneous North American blastomycosis https://twitter.com/jessicaghaferi/status/939205412250931200
  See also
  fungal infections

• cutaneous fungal vasculitis
  18 November 2005

  See also
  Vasculitis cutaneous vasculitis

• 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 (...)

• bacterial pathogenesis
  3 November 2003

  Features
  bacterial toxins
  bacterial virulence
  References
  Frischknecht F, Way M. Surfing pathogens and the lessons learned for actin polymerization. Trends Cell Biol. 2001 Jan;11(1):30-38. PMID: #11146296#

• 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 (...)

• Alternariosis
  5 October 2010

  Alternaria infections

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