Actinomycosis is a chronic infection, commonly of the face and neck, that produces abscess... More about Actinomycosis
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The remaining mycobacteria are environmental organisms-collectively known as MOTTS (Mycoba... More about THE MYCOBACTERIA
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Human botulism is a serious but relatively rare disease. The disease is an intoxication ca... More about Botulism
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The Clostridium group contains more than 60 different species of bacteria. These bacteria ... More about Clostridium Infections
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Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anth... More about Anthrax
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Mycetoma is a chronic subcutaneous infection caused by actinomycetes or fungi. This infec... More about Maduromycosis
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Nocardiosis occurs as sporadic cases worldwide. Some 70 cases, with about 20 deaths, occur... More about Nocardia Infections
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Gas gangrene, a subset of necrotizing myositis, is an infectious disease emergency caused ... More about Gas Gangrene
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In the United States, a federal hospital for leprosy sufferers is being phased out and its... More about Leprosy
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Scrub typhus is an acute, febrile, infectious illness caused by Rickettsia tsutsugamushi,... More about Scrub Typhus
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Diphtheria is an acute bacterial disease that usually affects the tonsils, throat, nose an... More about Diphtheria
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Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium in the same family as those that cause cholera. It normal... More about Vibrio Infections
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Yaws is a remarkably common chronic infectious disease that occurs mainly in the warm humi... More about Yaws
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Lyme disease is a bacterial disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi (boar-ELL-ee-uh burg-do... More about Tick-Borne Diseases - Lyme disease
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Cholera is a potentially epidemic and life-threatening secretory diarrhea characterized by... More about Cholera, Vibrio cholerae
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease. Like the common cold, it spreads through the ai... More about Tuberculosis
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In immunosuppressed hosts: invasive pulmonary infection, usually with fever, cough, and ch... More about Aspergillosis
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First described in Japan in 1837, tularemia is an infectious disease caused by the gram-ne... More about Tularemia
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Histoplasmosis is an endemic infection in most of the United States and can be found world... More about Histoplasmosis
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Initial pulmonary infection is usually asymptomatic. Most patients present with disseminat... More about Cryptococcosis
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Tetanus, commonly called lockjaw, is a bacterial disease that affects the nervous system. ... More about Tetanus
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