STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SKIN INFECTIONS
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SKIN INFECTIONS Cutaneous infection with Staphylococcus aureus can manifest in many ways. With the emergence of met...Read More
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Showing posts with label Integumentary. Show all posts
SPOROTRICHOSIS
SPOROTRICHOSIS Sporothrix schenckii is an environmental fungus that is capable of causing human disease after direct inoculation into the ...Read More
PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS
PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS Paracoccidioidomycosis, also known as South American blastomycosis, is a disease that is seen almost exclusively in...Read More
MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM
MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM As its name implies, molluscum contagiosum is a highly contagious viral infection that has little morbidity. This in...Read More
MENINGOCOCCEMIA
MENINGOCOCCEMIA Meningococcemia can cause a wide range of clinical diseases, of which neisserial meningitis is the most severe and life-th...Read More
LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM
LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is produced by infection with Chlamyd...Read More
LYME DISEASE
LYME DISEASE Lyme disease is a tickborne infection caused by the spirochete bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi . The deer tick, Ixodes scapula...Read More
LEPROSY (HANSEN’S DISEASE)
LEPROSY (HANSEN’S DISEASE) Leprosy is a chronic multi system disease with cutaneous findings that is caused by the bacteria, Mycobacterium...Read More
HISTOPLASMOSIS
HISTOPLASMOSIS Histoplasmosis is endemic in the Ohio River Valley but exists throughout North America and is also seen in Central and Sout...Read More
HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS
HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) and type 2 (HSV2) are the two viruses that are responsible for the production of b...Read More
DERMATOPHYTOSES
DERMATOPHYTOSES Dermatophytes are classified in many ways by mycologists and physicians. One of the simplest classification systems is bas...Read More
CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS
CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS Cutaneous larva migrans is a tropically acquired skin disease caused by the aimless wandering of a nematode larva....Read More
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans or, less frequently, by Cryptococcus ...Read More
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS Coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, is endemic in the southwestern United States. Patients who breathe in spores (arth...Read More
BLASTOMYCOSIS
BLASTOMYCOSIS Blastomycosis is a fungal infection that is found pre- dominantly in North America. This disease is also known as North Amer...Read More
ACTINOMYCOSIS
ACTINOMYCOSIS Many species of the bacterial genus Actinomyces are able to cause disease in humans. The infection tends to run a chronic co...Read More
PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS
PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS Pemphigus vulgaris is the prototypical acantholytic autoimmune blistering disease. It is one of the most serious of all...Read More
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