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Acne

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  • Acne vulgaris
  • encompasses all follicle-associated infections

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Boil

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  • Infection of the hair follicle
  • isolated or spread

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Impetigo

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  • Superficial skin infection
  • highly contagious

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Tinea

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  • dermatophytosis
  • ringworm
  • cutaneous mycoses
  • a superficial fungal infection that affects the stratum corneum with its hair and nails

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Conjunctivitis

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  • Pink eye
  • most common and treatable eye infection
  • benign and self limiting
  • may be chronic

EYE

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Otitis externa

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  • inflammation of the auricle and external ear canal
  • SWIMMER’S EAR
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Otitis media

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  • inflammation of the middle ear
  • suppurative secretory
  • acute or chronic
  • persistent or unresponsive
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Meningococcemia

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Rheumatic fever

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Streptococcal pharyngitis

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  • Acute, contagious, streptococcal infection that affects the pharynx, larynx, tonsils
  • sore throat
  • strep throat
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Pneumonia

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  • Infection and inflammation of the lung parenchyma
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H5N1

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  • Zoonotic and contagious infection resulting in viral pneumonia
  • H5N1
  • Bird flu
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H1N1

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  • Zoonotic and contagious infection resulting in viral pneumonia
    -Swine flu
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SARS

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  • severe acute respiratory syndrome
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COVID 19

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  • a highly infectious disease caused by SARS-COV-2
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Diphtheria

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  • a bacterial infection affecting the mucus membrane of the upper respiratory tract
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Pertussis

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  • whooping cough
  • contagious infection affecting the lower respiratory tract
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Infectious mononucleosis

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  • a viral infection that results in lymphocytosis and glandular enlargement
  • kissing disease
  • mono
  • glandular fever
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Common colds

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  • It is a viral infection affecting the nasopharynx of the URT
  • Nasopharyngitis
  • Coryza
  • Viral rhinitis
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Influenza

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  • flu
  • an infection affecting the respiratory tract
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Mumps

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  • acute viral respiratory illness
  • characterized by 3 C’s (cough, coryza, conjunctivitis)
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Varicella/chicken pox

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  • an acute infectious disease caused by varicella zoster virus
    the most common complication in children are bacterial infections in the skin and soft tissues

the most common complication in adults is pneumonia

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Dengue fever

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  • a viral disease caused by any of the four related viruses: dengue virus 1,2,3,4
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Parotitis

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inflammation of the parotid glands

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Dental caries

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  • tooth decay
  • demineralization of tooth
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Shigellosis

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  • bacilliary dysentry
  • erosion of the intestinal mucosa
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Gastroenteritis

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  • Intestinal flu
  • traveller’s diarrhea
  • inflammation of the stomach and intestine
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Typhoid fever

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  • Enteric fever
  • Abdominal typhi
  • Bacterial infection that can spread to other organs
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Cholera

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  • El tor
  • diarrheal infection caused by ingesting contaminated food or water
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PUD

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  • lesions that develops in the stomach or the upper portion of the small intestine
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Salmonellosis

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  • common bacterial dse that affects the intestinal tract
  • they live in the intestines of humans and animals
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UTI

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  • bacterial infection affecting the urinary system – kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra
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Leptospirosis

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  • a zoonotic bacterial infection that is transmitted by the urine of animals
  • Weil’s disease
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Genital herpes

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  • a viral infection characterized by papules and vesicles in the external genitalia
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Genital warts

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  • a viral infection characterized by bumps and growth on the genitalia
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Syphilis

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  • a bacterial infection characterized by firm, round painless sores (chancres) on the genitals rectum mouth
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Candidiasis

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  • a fungal infection characterized by superficial white patches along the oral and vaginal mucosa
  • Thrush or moniliasis
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Gonorrhea

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  • sexually transmitted bacterial infection that causes infection in the throat, genitals and rectum
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Chlamydia

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  • a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that causes ectopic pregnancy and infertility
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Viral encephalitis

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  • meningismus with signs of brain parenchymal involvement leads to altered sensorium, behavioral changes, and psychosis
  • febrile fever with meningeal, the patient commonly has an altered or depressed consciousness
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Japanese encephalitis

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  • a zoonotic, virusborne virus spread by culex mosquitos
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Rabies

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A type of viral encephalitis caused by Rhabdovirus
Unique manifestations: violent and impulsive behavior due to the viral damaging effects to the brain

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Botulism

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Clostridium botulinum
Found in:
soil, animal feces, water samples

Associated with: home-canned/vacuum-packed foods and preserved spice, smoked fish

Diseases:
infant botulism, food borne botulism, wound botulism, iatrogenic botulism

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Tetanus

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Lock jaw
Neuromuscular spastic disease due to infection with Clostridium tetani

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Scabies

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  • sarcoptic mange
  • the itch
  • it is a contagious and ectoparasitic infection characterized by burrows and intense itching
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Pediculosis

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  • lice infestation (blood sucking endoparasites)
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Malaria

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  • a serious disease caused by a parasite that infects a certain type of mosquito

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