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Relapsing fever aetiology and management Relapsing fever is an acute infectious illness caused bySpirochaetes of the genus Borrelia. Borrelia recurrentis isthe cause of louse-borne relapsing fever, and a range ofother species cause the tick-borne variety.Aetiology and transmission Borrelia are spiral organisms which can be identified inperipheral blood smears using Giemsa and Leishmanstains; they can also be readily identified using dark-groundmicroscopy and cultured on artifical media.Humans are the reservoir of infection of louse-bornerelapsing fever. The human body louse, Pediculushumanus, is the vector. Sudden mass migrations of peoplegrouped together in adverse conditions encourage thespread of lice and louse-borne diseases, relapsing fever andtyphus. Tick-borne relapsing fever is a sporadic zoonosis inhumans in areas where there is a cycle of transmissionbetween ticks and wild rodents. The disease has a worldwidedistribution, except for Australia and the Pacificregion.Pathogenesis and pathology During the incubation period spirochaetes divide intravenously.Platelets are sequestered, intravascular coagulationoccurs, and a bleeding tendency results. After 4-5 daysof...more
Actinomyces diagnosis and management Actinomyces species, despite their name, are bacteria which are often confused with fungi because of their filamentousappearance and their propensity to produce chronic suppurative infection with sinuses discharging purulent material.Most human disease is caused by Actinomyces israelii,an oral commensal,...more
Madura foot diagnosis and management This is a descriptive term for a group of chronic infectionsof the subcutaneous tissues and bone of - usually, but notinvariably - the limbs. Two groups of organisms cause thiscondition:• Actinomycetes cause 60% of cases; these are bacteriaand respond to antibiotics.• True fungi such as Madurella...more
Nocardiosis clinical features and management Nocardiosis is a systemic infection caused by species of Nocardia (N. asteroides and, less often, N. brasiliensis andN. caviae). N. brasiliensis is the common cause of actinomycetomain the tropics and subtropics. Nocardia arehigher bacteria which exist in a filamentous and coccobacillaryform, depending on culture conditions.Aetiology, pathogenesis and epidemiology Nocardia are aerobic, filamentous branching Gram-positivebacteria and grow well on standard culture media. Theorganisms are found in rotting vegetation and infection isacquired by inhalation in most cases, although inoculationvia the skin occurs. Initial pulmonary lesions may lead todissemination of infection by the bloodstream. Necrosis andsuppuration are the typical pathological changes.Adults are most often affected. Infection occurs mainlyin immunosuppressed individuals.Clinical features Acute and sometimes fulminant or chronic suppurativepulmonary disease occurs in nocardiosis. Fever, cough withviscid sputum, night sweats and weight loss are usual features.Pleural thickening and empyema may develop, andthe affected lung may cavitate. Haematogenous dissemination to...more
Candida infections diagnosis and management The range of diseases caused by Candida albicans is verybroad. It is a common commensal of the oral and vaginalmucosae at one extreme, and at the other it can causepneumonia, endocarditis,...more
Cryptococcosis clinical features and management Cryptococcosis (torulosis) is a systemic infection with theyeast-like fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. The organismis commonly found in soil contaminated by bird droppings,notably those of...more
Giardiasis etiology and management Aetiology The parasite is a flagellate, pear-shaped protozoan which is found in the lumen of the upper small intestine.Some trophozoites encyst, to be passed in the faeces.The cyst is infective and can...more
Cryptosporidiosis clinical features and management Cryptosporidiosis is an infection of the gastrointestinaltract with the sporozoan parasite Cryptosporidium. Itcauses enteritis in humans and a range of other animals. Itis a zoonosis with a...more
Why absence management is important Sickness and absence management is essential for a business, because sick days cost the UK economy as much as £17bn every year. If the staff isn't in a business, it can't run effectively. However, what's...more
African trypanosomiasis clinical features pathology and management Infection with Trypanosoma gambiense causes an initialfebrile illness which progresses slowly to a chronic phasedominated by infection of the CNS, causing neuronaldeath and a...more