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–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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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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Diagnosis of Megaloblastic Anaemia and Treatment — Megaloblastic Anaemia The megaloblastic anaemias are disorders caused by impaired synthesis of DNA. Due to slow cell division, the cells are large, called megaloblastic cells, with more RNA than DNA. There may also be ineffective erythropoiesis. Most megaloblastic anaemias are due to deficiency...
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Hemolytic Anaemias Classification Diagnosis And Treatment Hemolytic Anaemia The loss of red cells by hemolysis or destruction are main causes hemolytic anaemia. The life span of RBCs is 90 to 120 days in circulation. The destroyed RBCs are replaced by new red cells formed by the bone marrow. If the...
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Lymphoid Malignancies Arise from cells of immune systems. and HODGKIN’S DISEASE Lymphoid Malignancies Arise from cells of immune systems, Immunological classification of Acute Leukemias , Acute lymphoid leukemia (All) , 8 cell ALL is the most common cancer in childhood. Incidence of ALL and AML increases in elderly Children with Down’s syndrome (trisomy 21)...
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The Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) (STD) Sexually Transmitted Compleat information Diseases Causes, Symptoms, (STD) Sexually Transmitted Compleat information Diseases Causes, Symptoms, The Sexually Transmitted Diseases Are a group of communicable diseases that are transmitted predominantly by sexual contact and caused by a wide range of bacterial, viral, protozoal and fungal agents...
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Hospital Acquired Infections Causes and Prevention – About 5-10% of patients develop HAl Hospital Acquired Infections or nosocomial infections. Hospital acquired infections are difficult to treat,cause epidemic problems, costly, have high morbidity, are preventable., There is a high incidence of nosocomial infections in patients on ventilators. Hospital Acquired Infections Causes and Prevention ...
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