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Parent topics
- Infectious disease [r]: In broad terms, diseases caused by living organisms; also a subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the treatment of such diseases [e]
- Streptococci [r]: Add brief definition or description
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- Cellulitis [r]: Acute, diffuse, inflammation of loose connective tissue, particularly the deep subcutaneous tissues, and sometimes muscle, usually due to infection and associated with redness, pain, swelling and warmth to the touch [e]
- Necrotizing fasciitis [r]: A fulminating bacterial infection, popularly called "flesh eating bacteria", of the deep layers of the skin and fascia. Streptococcus pyogenes is the most common pathogen, although a wide range of organisms can produce it [e]
- Necrotizing fascitis [r]: A fulminating, rapidly progressive, extremely destructive bacterial infection of the deep layers of the skin and fascia, often associated with Streptococcus pyogenes [e]
- Scarlet fever [r]: An acute bacterial infection, caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, usually presenting as a sudden sore throat with a red rash, fever, and changes in the color of the tongue. [e]
- Sinusitis [r]: Infection or inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, which may or may not be as a result of infection, from bacterial, fungal, viral, allergic or autoimmune issues. [e]
Useful antibiotics
- Penicillin [r]: A class of antibiotic drugs that have a common β-lactam core structure. [e]
- Cefaclor [r]: A second generation cephalosporin antibiotic drug used to treat both Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobic bacteria. [e]
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- Gangrene [r]: Destruction of biological tissue, primarily from a compromised blood supply, but also from destructive microorganisms or their exotoxins [e]
- Glucose [r]: A monosaccharide (or simple sugar) and an important carbohydrate in biology, used by the living cell as a source of energy and metabolic intermediate. [e]
- Lactam [r]: A cyclic amide chemical compound. Important component of many antibiotics. [e]
- Phagocytosis [r]: That part of immune response in which defensive cells such as neutrophils and macrophages surround and "digest" foreign particles [e]
- Platelet [r]: Cell fragments circulating in the blood. [e]
- Microorganism [r]: A 'germ', an organism that is too small to be seen individually with the naked eye. [e]
- Stress and appetite [r]: The interactions between the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and the regulation of food intake. [e]
- Connexin [r]: Family of structurally-related transmembrane proteins that assemble to form vertebrate gap junctions. [e]
- Hemochromatosis [r]: Hereditary disorder affecting iron metabolism in which excessive amounts of iron accumulate in the body tissues, characterized by diabetes mellitus, liver dysfunction, and a bronze pigmentation of the skin. [e]