INFECTIOUS DISEASE & CONTROL HAS4913 L6 : Common Infections (III) Fungal Infections : -Superficial Mycoses -Opportunistic Mycoses 1 FUNGAL INFECTIONS • Superficial (cutaneous) Mycoses • Systemic (subcutaneous and internal organs) Mycoses 2 Superficial Mycoses - Dermatophytes 皮膚黴菌 Genera: Trichophyton 毛癬菌 ‚ Microsporum 小芽孢孢 菌 Epidemophyton 表皮癬菌 • Usually involve hair‚ skin‚ and nails – superficial keratinized tissue • Skin lesion is annular 環狀的 scaling 鱗 patch with a raised margin 邊 3
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Inoculation Nation 1796 was a year of illness; pox-plagued people lay on their deathbed‚ gasping for their last breath. Bodies littered the streets‚ and the dead did not always receive a proper burial. With that magnitude of mortality‚ many were searching for an answer. Immunity would be the solution. However‚ the first inkling of a thought that immunity was acquired from exposure to disease originated with Thucydides in Athens‚ circa 430 B.C. He stated‚ “the sick and the dying were tended by the
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Through out the duration of my life‚ I have seen my parents go through the fear of losing a child. Not only once but twice‚ and hopefully never a third time. I may not know how it feels to be a parent‚ but from experience I can see how most parents move heaven and earth for their children. It does not necessarily have to even be a child possibly a spouse‚ partner‚ or friend. We can get defensive when it comes to someone we love and care about hoping nothing will put them in danger. a) Describe 2
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Introduction Pfizer is one of the world’s largest research-based biopharmaceutical companies. In case of revenues according to the annual reports Pfizer stands second for two consecutive years 2009-2010 lead by Johnson and Johnson (see Appendix- 1 for complete table for 2008‚ 2009 and 2010) leaving behind companies like GlaxoSmithKline‚ UK and Novartis‚ Switzerland. Pfizer was founded by two cousins Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart in 1849‚ at Brooklyn‚ New York. It has its headquarters in New
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daughter. After his younger sister was born‚ she stopped dressing him in women’s fashion. Wilde’s younger sister‚ Isola‚ also maintained a close relationship with Wilde (Ellman 16). However‚ her life was brief‚ and she died at the age of nine from meningitis. Oscar never quite got over her death‚ and he wrote the beautiful poem‚ Requiescat‚ in her memory. To add to the tragedy of his sister’s death‚ “Oscar’s father died on April 19‚ 1876‚ leaving the family financially strapped” (Biography). The financial
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More American women are breastfeeding their babies‚ according to a study released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). From 2000 to 2008‚ the percentage of new mothers who breastfed their newborns rose from 70.3 percent to 74.6 percent. Although that’s only a 4.2 increase‚ it’s still a good sign. Also encouraging is the 9.9 percent rise in the number of American women who were breastfeeding at six months and the 7.4 percent rise in the number of who were breastfeeding at 12
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Support children and young people’s health and safety 2.4 – Explain how health and safety risk assessments are monitored and reviewed; Health and safety and risk assessments are a major part of the primary school. A major risk assessment is carried out at the start of each new school year to make sure all risks are being covered and new ones identified so they can be closely monitored through out the whole school year. The health and safety policy is also reviewed at the start of the school
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He grew up in Tanzania and he is trained as a nurse‚ that why he was in the U.S. Army. He thinks about his sister Christa‚ who died suddenly the year before ‚ during an epileptic seizure .She became developmentally disabled after suffering from meningitis. Mortenson as a brother he helped his sister become independent and he enjoyed taking her on trips with him . He hoped to honor her memory as brother by leaving her beautiful necklace at the top of
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together. Reading about this debacle is one thing‚ but its complexity and challenging aspects are more than represented in paragraph form. So‚ to leave you‚ the reader‚ I propose a challenge. Imagine that you have a child or sibling that develops meningitis and is losing hearing- quickly. There is not much time before his/her ears do not work at all anymore. You have two options: cochlear implants or remaining deaf. So‚ what do you
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Ocean County College Department of Biology The Poliovirus Submitted By‚ Stephen Gorda Date Submitted: 5-2-12 Course: Biology- 162 Instructor: Prof. Estelle Abstract The poliovirus is one of the most transmittable
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