* What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite, the type of pathogen, and any other pertinent information on the pathogen. Salmonellosis is an infection with the bacteria called Salmonella. There are many different kinds of Salmonella bacteria. Salmonella serotype Typhimurium and Salmonella serotype Enteritidis are the most common cases in the United States. * How is this infectious agent transmitted
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with the flu talk, sneeze, or cough. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body ache, headache, and fatigue. If the disease progresses without being properly treated it can become pneumonia or it can lead to ear infection, sinus infection, dehydration. It can also worsen chronic disease such as heart failure, asthma, and
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, finally, cure and treatment. 2. Body I. Definition (RA) Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the body immune system which ordinarily secures it is wellbeing by assaulting outside substances like microorganisms and infections incorrectly attacks the joints. which makes irritation to the tissue that lines within the joints which is the synovium to thicken, achieving swelling and pain in and around the joints. The synovium
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Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that can infect the bowel and cause diarrhea. The risk factors of getting Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) includes patients that have been treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics, more susceptible people and hospitalization (1). Patients in hospital have higher chances to get CDI because the spores of Clostridium difficile can be accidentally ingested which may be transported by infected patients to others. Besides that, taking antibiotic can lead to loss
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Brief History of Mumps and who can Be Affected Mumps have been around for a thousand years, since the 5th Century BCE, Hippocrates an ancient Physician from Greece was the first to administer and describe the symptoms of mumps as a virus infection that usually affects children. This disease spread rapidly through direct contact with people that are also infected and this virus spread even more in respiratory droplets or airborne transmission (Dworkin, 2010). Mumps is said to be discovered by Ernest
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commonly referred to as TB. Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection in which nodules referred to as tubercles grows in the bodies tissues, especially on the lungs. Tuberculosis is a curable disease and is preventable. It is a contagious disease and can be spread from person to person through air; most often from people sneezing, spewing their germs into the air. A nearby person need only inhale the germs to transfer the infection. TB also can also attack additional body parts such as the spine
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therapy. Supportive therapy is done in patients through administering intravenous fluids (IV) and balancing electrolytes or body salts, sustaining oxygen levels and ensuring normal blood pressure, and treating patients for consequent complicating infections. Early supportive care, coupled with proper rehydration and treatment of the symptoms will improve survival. Contracting Ebola does not categorically equate to death. With proper care, there is a good chance that patients will survive this disease
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emasculator. One of the main concerns that lead to docking is to avoid incidences of urine and feces accumulating under the tail of the sheep. The accumulation makes the sheep vulnerable to attacks by certain kinds of flies that cause bacterial infection, which in turn causes agony, uneasiness and even demise of the sheep. The other major reasons for docking are to ease the breeding processes in ewes and help in gaining weight (American Veterinary Medical Association 1). Even though docking
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INTRODUCTION ‘An infection is the entry and multiplication of an infectious agent in the tissues of a host. If the infectious agent fails to cause injury to cells or tissues, the infection is asymptomatic. If the pathogens multiply and cause clinical symptoms, the infection is symptomatic and once the infectious disease is transmitted directly from one person to another, it is a communicable or contagious disease. The presence of a pathogen does not mean that infection will begin. Development of
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poisoning” is the result of an infection of the blood, not poison. 2. What medical term would more accurately describe your brother’s diagnosis, rather than “blood poisoning”? Septicemia is the medical term that is used to refer to the growth of microbes in the blood. Sepsis, a related term, can refer to microbes OR toxins in the blood. Other related terms can refer to the specific type of microbe infecting the blood: for example, bacteremia refers to bacterial infection of the blood. 3
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