Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Causes, Symptoms, Signs, Diagnosis With Treatment Leprosy(Hansen’s Disease) types Causes of leprosy sign and Symptoms Leprosy is a chronic infective disease, also called Hansen’s disease. It is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Clinical manifestations are seen in skin, peripheral nervous system, upper respiratory tract, eyes, and testes. The...
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All about Bacterial Infections Caused by Gram-Positive STAPHYLOCOCCAL with diagnosis Treatment Signs and symptoms Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections in eye caused by STAPHYLOCOCCAL   NEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS . Streptococcus pneumoniae or diplococcus pneumoniae is the major cause of pneumonia. These Gram +ve cocci grow in chains. Some conditions that predispose to pneumococcal infections...
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All about Bacterial Infections Caused by Gram-Positive Streptococci with diagnosis Treatment Signs and symptoms Bacterial Infections Caused by Gram-Positive Streptococci The infections caused by Streptococci are · Pharyngitis · Cellulitis · Neonatal sepsis and meningitis · Urinary tract infection · Diabetic ulcer infection · Endocarditis Bacteremia Septic arthritis Dental abscess...
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All about Bacterial Infections Caused by Gram-Positive Corynebacterium diphtheriae with diagnosis Treatment Signs and symptoms Diphtheria (from the Greek word for leather which refers to the tough pharyngeal membrane that is the clinical hallmark of infection) is an acute, communicable disease caused by the gram-positive bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The membrane...
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All about Bacterial Infections Caused by Gram-Positive LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES with diagnosis Treatment Signs and symptoms Infection with Listeria monocytogenes, an intracellular bacterium found in soil that causes mild food poisoning in healthy persons and severe systemic disease Listeria monocytogenes is an important bacterial pathogen in neonates, immunosuppressed patients, elderly adults, pregnant...
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All about Bacterial Infections Caused by Gram-Positive Clostridium tetani with diagnosis Treatment Signs and symptoms Bacterial Infections clostridium tetani TETANUS Tetanus is a neurological disease caused by clostridium tetani characterized by increased muscle tone and spasms due to a powerful exotoxin tetano­spasmjnproduced by the bacteria. C. tetani is a Gram positive anaerobic...
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All about Bacterial Infections Caused by Gram–Negative   with diagnosis Treatment Signs and symptoms Bacterial Infections Caused by Gram–Negative   with diagnosis Treatment Signs and symptoms Diseases cause by Gram-negative bacilli : These cause extra-intestinal infections commonly. These bacteria are Escherichia, Klebsiella, Proteus, Enterobacter, Serratia, Citrobacter, Morganella. Escherichia coli causes intestinal disease...
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Bacterial Infections Caused by HACEK GROUP Gram-Negative with diagnosis Treatment Signs and symptoms Hemophilus, Eikenella,Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Kingella, this is HACEK GROUP of Gram-Negative bacteria,   Bacterial Infections Caused by HACEK GROUP Gram-Negative INFECTIONS DUE TO HACEK GROUP AND OTHER GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA   HACEK group of organisms is slow-growing Gram negative bacteria requiring an atmosphere...
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All about Bacterial Infections LEGIONELLA INFECTION Caused by Gram–Negative LEGIONELLA INFECTION   with diagnosis Treatment Signs and symptoms Bacterial Infections Caused by Gram–Negative LEGIONELLA INFECTION LEGIONELLA INFECTION It causes Pontiac fever and Legionnaires’ disease. Pontiac fever is an acute febrile self-limited illness. Legionnaires’ disease is pneumonia caused by Legionella. It is classified as atypici–...
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All about Bacterial Infections Caused by SALMONELLA — TYPHOID FEVER with diagnosis Treatment Signs and symptoms Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi cause en­teric (typhoid) fever. Typhoid fever is a systemic disease characterized by fever and abdominal pain. Bacterial Infections Caused bySALMONELLA — TYPHOID FEVER   SALMONELLA INFECTIONS TYPHOID FEVER   Salmonella...
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