Campylobacter occasionally spreads to the bloodstream and causes a serious life-threatening infection. There is a lot of cases of human campylobacter in the United States each year. The symptoms consist of bloody diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramping after 2 to 5 days after exposure to the bacteria. There also might be nausea and vomiting. This
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study that I chose to critique is on infections related to patients’ bath basins. The purpose of this patient bath basin study was clearly stated. “Is Patients’ Bath Basin as Potential Sources of Infection: A Multicenter Sampling Study?” Infections can arise from many sources, typically transmitted in the hospital or hospice. Just the touch of an infected person, such as one with MRSA can easily transmit to any object, making any person susceptible to that infection. Nurses and staff members often touch
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or cat. The rate of development dependent on the ambient temperature the animal lives in. Then the larvae continue their development in the subcutaneous tissues of the animal, migrating to the abdomen and thorax occurring between 50-70 days post-infection. The larvae then penetrate veins and are carried to the heart arriving 70-90 days
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Chickenpox a Communicable Disease Cynthia Hahn Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V July 5, 2015 Chickenpox is an infection caused by the highly contagious varicella-zoster virus. A common communicable disease which can be a harmless or deadly disease depending on the community which is affected. Education and healthcare prevention will prove evident in the control of the spread of the chickenpox disease. Chickenpox
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describe inflammation of the liver and while there are more causes this work will focus on hepatitis A (HAV) the viral infection. HAV is food born pathogen. There are many causes of hepatitis, but hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C are the most common. The virus is picornavirus meaning it has a single strand of RNA and a protein shell around its genome. How is the infection transmitted? The virus is spread through contaminated food, water, other drinks and even ice. It can also be spread
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Prisoner Health: HIV infection and, other blood-borne viral infections. Amanda Messler-Layman Regulatory Agency HCS/430 10/21/2012 Prisoner Health: HIV infection and, other blood-borne viral infections. The topic is prisoner healthcare and, HIV infection and, other blood-borne viral infections. The paper is to let you know what the agency plans and, what they are doing to help the prisoners get the proper care that they need not only for them
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factsheet: The Facts on Tuberculosis Causes of Tuberculosis Symptoms and Complications of Tuberculosis Diagnosing Tuberculosis Treating and Preventing Tuberculosis The Facts on Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common infections in the world. About 2 billion people are infected with TB and nearly 3 million people are killed by it each year. In Canada, there are about 1,600 new cases of TB every year. The bacterium that causes TB is called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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detected and treatment early. Malaria is transported to human by certain type of mosquitoes or from another person that has infected. It has many symptoms, most of them resemble the symptoms of usual diseases such as flu. People can get the Malaria infection in all ages . Most of the Malaria cases are detected in Africa. Malaria has four different types each of them has specific parasite which is a primary cause of it . Malaria is
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Athlete's foot (see Dermatophyte) is a common contagious fungal infection of the skin that causes scaling, flaking, and itch of affected areas. Symptoms are caused by fungi such as Epidermophyton floccosum or fungi of the Trichophyton genus such asTrichophyton rubrum[1] or Trichophyton mentagrophytes.[2] This condition is also known as ringworm of the foot,[3] tinea pedis,[3] tinea pedum,[4] and moccasin foot[5]). The disease is typically transmitted in moist communal areas where people walk barefoot
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infectious disease? The name of the infectious disease that I will be discussing is Hepatitis A. 2. How is this infectious agent transmitted through food or water? Hepatitis A is just one of the types of hepatitis. Hepatitis A is a liver infection that is highly contagious. It is caused by the Hepatitis A virus. Hepatitis A can be transmitted from contaminated food or water or through close contact with someone who is already infected with the virus. Hepatitis A was found on the CDC website
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