Leprosy: Understanding Tuberculoid (TT) and Lepromatous (LL) Forms
TT (Tuberculoid Leprosy) and LL (Lepromatous Leprosy) are the two polar forms of Hansen's Disease, characterized by the host's differing immune respon...
By Jordan
Category: Infectious Diseases
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Dengue Fever: Joint Pain, Reactive Arthritis, and Post-Dengue Complications
Dengue fever can cause acute joint pain (arthralgia) during infection and sometimes lead to persistent or chronic inflammatory joint conditions like r...
By Hart
Virulence: Definition, Mechanisms, and Impact on Health
Virulence refers to the degree of pathogenicity of a microbe, indicating the severity of disease it can cause, and quantifies a pathogen's capacity to...
By Hart
Food Poisoning: Understanding Joint Pain, Causes, and Management
Joint pain during food poisoning is primarily a systemic inflammatory response to infection, often worsened by dehydration and muscle aches, with some...
By Alex
Escherichia coli: Hemolysis on Blood Agar, Types, and Clinical Significance
While most E. coli strains are non-hemolytic (gamma-hemolytic) on blood agar, certain pathogenic strains, notably EHEC O157:H7, can exhibit beta-hemol...
By Alex
Joint Infections: Septic Arthritis, Diagnosis, and Treatment
The 'best' antibiotic for a joint infection, or septic arthritis, is not a one-size-fits-all answer but is determined by a physician based on the spec...
By Jordan
Knee Infection (Septic Arthritis): Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Targeted Treatment
There is no single "best" antibiotic for a knee infection; effective treatment is highly individualized, requiring precise diagnosis of the ...
By Hart
Poncet's Disease: Symptoms, Underlying Causes, and Diagnosis
Poncet's disease symptoms include sterile joint inflammation (pain, swelling, stiffness, reduced motion, affecting large joints, often polyarticular a...
By Hart
Septic Arthritis: Understanding, Diagnosis, and Treatment
The treatment for an infected joint, also known as septic arthritis, involves urgent and aggressive antibiotic therapy combined with immediate drainag...
By Hart
