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Q: What is the primary virulence factor for Streptococcuspneumoniae?

A: Streptococcus pneumoniae also is known as pneumococcus is a gram-positive coccus. They are…

Q: What is the treatment for Plasmodium falciparum?

A: Plasmodium falciparum is a type of protozoan that is responsible for causing malaria. Malaria is a…

Q: Why are antibacterial medications not effective for treating necrotizing fasciitis?

A: Necrotizing fasciitis or flesh-eating disease is a rare illness but potentially fatal skin infection…

Q: What are the pathologic effects of Mycoplasma pneumoniae?

A: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is small bacterium that causes contagious respiratory infection that spreads…

Q: What are the treatment or management for Hirschsprung’s Disease? Kindly list and elaborate

A: Some diseases are genetic while some are due to change in life style( hypertension etc.). Genetic…

Q: Which are Systemic Manifestations of Infection?

A: Systemic Manifestations of Infection are ;

Q: What are Streptococcal Infections ?

A: Infection is caused by the invasion and multiplication of pathogens like viruses, parasites,…

Q: What is ancylostomiasis?

A: Hookworms are blood-feeding, intestinal, and parasitic worms. It causes various kinds of infection.…

Q: What is a lytic infection?

A: Bacteriophages can be defined as the most diverse entities in the biosphere. Bacteriophages are…

Q: What would be the likely consequence of diphtheria infection alonewithout toxemia?

A: Diptheria is a acute bacterial disease which is caused by  bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae…

Q: What are virulence factors?

A: Pathogens are the disease causing organisms which enters body and escapes the host immune system.…

Q: Describe an infection that leads to necrotizing fasciitis. Why is rapid management of this disease…

A: Necrotizing fasciitis is the condition of rapidly progressing inflammatory infection. It generally…

Q: Distinguish between tuberculoid and lepromatousforms of Hansen’s disease.

A: Leprosy also known as Hansen's disease is an infectious disease caused by mycobacterium leprae which…

Q: What is osgood schlatter disease?

A: Osgood-Schlatter illness is a typical reason for knee torment in small kids and young people who are…

Q: What is indicated by occult blood in the stool of a personwith gastroenteritis?

A: Gastroenteritis is a condition, which leads to inflammation in the intestines of the GI tract. The…

Q: What is the causative agent of Lyme disease and how is it transmitted to humans? What preventative…

A: Lyme disease comes under the category of infectious diseases and is caused by the bacteria Borrelia…

Q: Which microorganism is used to produce hepatitis B Vaccine?

A: Vaccines are a type of biological preparations that provides the host organism with artificial…

Q: Explain two reasons why infection may occur withcancer

A: A tumor is an abnormal tissue mass that may be solid or fluid-filled lumps. A benign tumor does not…

Q: How does Streptococcus pyogenes infection cause rheumaticfever?

A: Rheumatic fever belongs to the category of inflammatory disease for specific organs like heart,…

Q: What is Salmonella typhi?

A: Organisms are earlier classified into two main categories known as prokaryotes and eukaryotes.…

Q: What is the causative agent of bacterial vaginosis (BV)?

A: Any abnormal condition that hinders normal body functioning is considered a disease. Microbial…

Q: What is the pathologic effect of whooping cough?

A: Whooping cough or pertussis is a bacterial disease. It is also known as 100 day cough. The bacterium…

Q: What are the most characteristic symptoms of diphtheria and why was this disease so deadly prior to…

A: Corynebacterium diphtheria, a bacterium is the causative organism of the deadly disease diphtheria.…

Q: What is “Hypericum perforatum”?

A: Hypericum perforatum has been used as a herbal remedy to cure a wide range of internal and exterior…

Q: What was one critical change that occurred as a result of yellow fever and the prevention of the…

A: Yellow fever is an acute viral disease that is transmitted by infected mosquitoes. Yellow fever…

Q: How is Bordetella pertussis spread?

A: Pertussis is also referred to as whooping cough, which is caused by bacteria, Bordetella pertussis.…

Q: What features distinguish urticarial lesions?

A: Urticaria, also known as hives, is a skin condition characterized by itchy, red welts on the surface…

Q: How does Neisseria gonorrhoeae affect the body?

A: The condition that passes from one person to another by sexual contact is called STD or sexually…

Q: fnosocomial infection?

A: Nosocomial infections also known as Healthcare associated infections are infection (s) that was not…

Q: What is yellow fever?

A: The disease is defined as any interference with the normal functioning of the body functions. The…

Q: By whom was oral polio vaccine discovered?

A: Viruses can cause serious infections in humans, for example, polio, rabies, and encephalitis.…

Q: What antibiotic treats shigella flexneri?

A: Microbes, which are tiny and nearly invisible, have had a huge influence on society since the…

Q: What does Neisseria gonorrhoeae cause?

A: STDs or the sexually transmitted diseases are the diseases that spread from an affected individual…

Q: What is the difference between C. diphtheriae infection andtoxemia?

A: Answer: Introduction: Diphtheria is a serious nose infection caused by strains of bacterial toxin…

Q: What is the characteristic lesion of erythema multiforme?

A: Erythema multiform (EM) is a skin condition that is characterized by the presence of red, raised…

Q: What causes St. Anthony's fire disease?

A: The disease is a condition or illness or sickness of the living animal or plant body or of one of…

Q: When is Pneumocystis pneumonia likely to occur in humans?

A: The infection Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) causes inflammation and fluid accumulation in the lungs.…

Q: Your patient has gout. Can you explain the cause/patho/treatment of this disease?

A: Gout is a kind of arthritis.

Q: What treatment could be prescribed for individuals suffering from a norovirus infection?

A: Norovirus is a highly contagious virus which is known to cause severe vomiting and diarrhea. The…

Q: What are the treatments for localized and systemic candidiasis?

A: Answer Candidiasis is a fungal disease that is caused by Candida albicans. This disease can occur at…

Q: Explain how to prevent infection to a patient in arterial puncture.

A: Arterial puncture is a collection of the blood sample from the artery. This usually performs in…

Q: Should patients with malaria-related anemia receive blood transfusions?

A: The cells are the primary unit of life. The cells form the tissues which collectively form an organ.…

Q: General cell type of Malassezia?

A: Malassezia is a monophyletic fungus. It affects the skin of humans. It causes atopic eczema,…

Q: is diphtheria a primary or secondary infection?

A: Diphtheria is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheria, which…

Q: Explain how the body (including cells, organs, organ systems) is affected by the bacterium called…

A: Meningococcal meningitis is a type of meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis (a bacteria). This…