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- Jun 2017
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The Dengue Virus (DENV), is a type of virus that stems from the family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus, which also includes other similar viruses such as West Nile Virus, Tick-borne Encephalitis, Yellow Fever Virus, and Zika virus (1).
Both Dengue virus and Zika virus cause hemmorhagic fever and while both infect the host by a mosquito bite, Zika is passed onto other humans by body fluids wheras Dengue is transmitted by bites
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antimicrobe.org antimicrobe.org
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Thus, OlpA’s inhibition of the alternative complement pathway significantly contributes to the pathogen’s virulence
Virulance
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Fever (temperature higher than 100.4ºF or 38ºC, see the table for how to measure a child's temperature) (table 1)●Pulling on the ear●Fussiness or irritability●Decreased activity●Lack of appetite or difficulty eating●Vomiting or diarrhea●Draining fluid from the outer ear (called otorrhea)
symptoms in children
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Amoxicillin is the antibiotic of choice unless the child received it within 30 days
Treatment, if severe
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- May 2017
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9 of 10 fecal cultures containing the organism when inoculated to CAL agar and incubated for 40 h at 25 degrees C.
culture
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Since the organism was first identified in 1976 during an outbreak at an American Legion Convention in Philadelphia, Legionella has been recognized as a relatively common cause of both community-acquired [1,2] and hospital-acquired pneumonia
Outbreak and environment
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Cough — 41 to 92 percentChills — 42 to 77 percentFever >38.8ºC — 88 to 90 percent
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Penicillin V 500 mg PO BID for 10d or Benzathine penicillin G 1.2 million U IM once or Amoxicillin 500-875 mg PO q12h or 250-500 PO q8h for 10d
strep c/g treatment
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noted above, typical exudative pharyngitis with fever and adenopathy indistinguishable from GAS tonsillopharyngitis can be caused by large colony group C and G organisms, especially S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis.
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Groups C and G streptococci are typical chaining cocci that are Gram positive, facultative anaerobes which produce small or large colonies on sheep blood agar.
Lab work
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human upper airway and frequently are asymptomatic colonizers of the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and female genital tract.
Where it is found in humans
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- Apr 2017
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he most common mechanism employed by pathogens, including GBS, to resist AMPs is to decrease the charge on their cell surface [133]. Since AMPs are positively charged and the bacterial cell surface is negatively charged, the initial interaction between them is electrostatic.
Avoidance
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Even in patients with CNS involvement, however, recovery without neurologic sequelae within weeks to months can be expected. Death caused by CSD in patients who are immunocompetent is extremely rare.
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Complete recovery without sequelae occurs in nearly all patients.
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Patients can become confused and disoriented, and their condition can deteriorate to coma.
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In general, lymph nodes become enlarged in the 1-2 weeks after exposure.
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In most patients, the disease resolves spontaneously within 2-4 months.
Not a fatal disease for most patients
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Bartonella henselae,
This is the bacteria that causes catscratch disease
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