Gas Gangrene

What is Gas Gangrene? Gas gangrene is caused by Clostridium perfringens, Cl. septicum, Cl. oedematiens and Cl. histolitycum. Gas gangrene usually develops with extensive crumbling of tissues (gunshot, torn, ragged-bruised wounds), often polluted with earth,

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Visceral Leishmaniasis

What is Visceral Leishmaniasis? Visceral leishmaniasis (Dum-Dum fever, kala-azar) is a transmissible parasitic disease characterized by a chronic course, wave-like fever, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia. Indian kala-azar, Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis (for children), East African and South American

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Botulism

What is Botulism? Botulism is an acute toxic-infectious disease associated with eating foods that contain Clostridium botulinum toxin and the pathogens themselves. Characterized by the development of cuts and paralysis of the muscles due to

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Gilchrist Blastomycosis

What is Gilchrist Blastomycosis? Gilchrist blastomycosis, or North American blastomycosis (Gilch-rist disease, Chicago disease – English; Blastomykose – German; blastomycose – French; blastomicosis – Spanish) – a chronic disease related to deep mycosis, characterized by

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Rabies

What is Rabies? Rabies (outdated – hydrophobia) – an acute infectious disease that occurs after the bite of an infected animal, occurs with a heavy lesion of the nervous system and ends, as a rule,

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Dengue Fever

What is Dengue Fever? Dengue fever (synonyms: dengue-awn – it is German., French, Spanish; dangy – a man, breakbonefever – English; denguero – ital, a dengue fever, bone marrow fever, articular fever, giraffe fever, five

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