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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Prions

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kuru

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fatal familial insomnia

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scrapie

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transmissible mink encephalopathy

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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

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Gay bowel syndrome

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Giardia lamblia

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Malaria

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Plasmodium, especially Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax (90%)

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Chagas disease

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Trypanosoma cruzi

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West african sleeping sickness

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Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

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East african sleeping sickness

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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

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cutaneous Leishmaniasis

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Leishmania tropica

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visceral Leishmaniasis

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Leishmania donovani

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Kala-azar

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Leishmania donovani

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mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis

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Leishmania braziliensis

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Granulomatous amebic encephalitis

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Acanthamoeba castellani

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amoebic keratitis

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Acanthamoeba castelllani

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18
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primary amebic meningoencephalitis

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Naegleria fowleri

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19
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Balantidial dysentery

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Balantidium coli

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20
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Babesiosis

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Babesia microti

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21
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Loeffler syndrome

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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Hydatid disease

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Echinococcus granulosus

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Oxyuriasis

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Enterobius vermicularis

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cutaneous larva migrans

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hookworms

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25
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larva currens

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Strongyloides stercoralis

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Hydrocoele (worm)

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Wuchereria

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Elephantiasis

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Brugia

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28
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Swimmer’s itch

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Schistosoma japonicum

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29
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Katayama fever

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Schistosoma japonicum

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30
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neurocysticercosis

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Taenia solium

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31
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Tinea

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dermatophytes

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32
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Tinea versicolor

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Malassezia furfur

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33
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Rose gardener’s disease

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Sporothrix schenckii

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Desert Rheumatism

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Coccidioides immitis

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Aspergilloma

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Aspergillus fumigatum

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Bullous impetigo

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Staphylococcus aureus

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hidradenitis suppurativa

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Staphylococcus aureus

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mastitis

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Staphylococcus aureus

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surgical site infection

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Brodie abscess

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Scalded Skin Syndrome

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Osteomyelitis

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Prosthetic valve endocarditis

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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VP shunt infection

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Erysipelas

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Neonatal pneumonia, sepsis

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Streptococcus agalactiae

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woolsorter’s disease

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Bacillus anthracis

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Chinese fried rice syndrome

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Bacillus cereus

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floppy baby syndrome

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Clostridium botulinum

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gas gangrene

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Clostridium perfringens

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Pseudomembranous colitis

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Clostridium difficile

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Pseudomembranous pharyngitis:

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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granulomatosis infantiseptica

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Meningococcemia

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Ophtalmia neonatorum

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Neisseria gonorhoeae

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Gonococcal urethritis

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Neisseria gonorhoeae

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Scarlet fever

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Bacillary dysentery:

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Shigella sonnei (Duval’s bacillus)

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green nail syndrome

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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hot tub folliculitis

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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otitis externa

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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chronic suppurative otitis media

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Shanghai fever

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Echthyma gangrenosum

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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undulating fever

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Brucella abortus

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Tularemia

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Francisella tularensis

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Bubonic plague

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Yersinia pestis

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Leprosy

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Mycobacterium leprae

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Hansen disease

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Mycobacterium leprae

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walking pneumonia

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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syphillis

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Treponema pallidum

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Lyme disease

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Weil syndrome

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Leptospira interrogans

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Trachoma

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Lymphogranuloma venereum

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Psittacosis

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Chlamydia psittaci

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bird fancier’s disease

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Chlamydia psittaci

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Cat scratch disease

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Bartonella henselae

80
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Bacterial vaginosis

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Gardnerella vaginalis

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mesenteric adenitis

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Yersinia enterocolitica

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pseudoappendicitis

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Yersinia enterocolitica

Jaspie - Microbiology (14 decks)

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