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The environmental mycobacteria cause two named diseases with characteristic features: Fish tank (or swimming pool) granuloma caused by Mycobacterium marinum . Buruli ulcer caused by ...
Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis. Mycobacterium marinum infection of the skin (from cleaning out tropical fish tanks). Papulonecrotic tuberculids.
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae - in butchers, vets or fish handlers. Mycobacterium marinum - in aquarium keepers. It is therefore prudent to ascertain patients' occupations in p...
Mycobacterium Avium Complex, Synonyms: Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, MAI There are two discrete species in the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC): Mycobacterium avi...
As mentioned above, the disease that we call 'tuberculosis', or 'TB', is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Other bacteria in the same family are calle...
Typically, a person with AIDS has: A very low level of CD4 T cells (around 200 cells per cubic millimetre of blood or below); and/or One or more opportunistic infections such as Pneumocyst...
Skin involvement - very rare; may be due to malnutrition or an immune reaction to T. whipplei leading to conditions including eczematous plaques, psoriasis and erythema nodosum. [ 10 ] Dif...
One antigen is Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Patients with erythema induratum have a strongly positive tuberculin skin test and a marked increase in their peripheral T-lymphocyte response to ...
Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by an obligate intracellular bacillus Mycobacterium leprae . Although rarely seen in the UK, leprosy is one of the most common causes of peripheral ne...
The live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis known as bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) uses shared antigens to stimulate the development of cross-immunity to Mycobacterium tubercul...
Coccidioidomycosis, disseminated or extrapulmonary. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) or M. kansasii , disseminated or extrapulmonary. Cryptococcosis, extrapulmonary.
Infection may occur with unusual species of mycobacterium such as Mycobacterium avium . Syphilis is not confined to history but occurs more frequently in patients who have same...
Further research is needed to determine whether or not such therapy reduces the incidence of TB infection and overall mortality in children with HIV. [ 8 ] Mycobacterium avium complex [ ...
Complications of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis Lung infections: often Nocardia asteroides , Pneumocystis jirovecii , or Mycobacterium avium . Pulmonary fibrosis . Pulmonar...
Coccidioidomycosis, disseminated or extrapulmonary. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) or M. kansasii , disseminated or extrapulmonary. Cryptococcosis, extrapulmonary.
Depending to some extent on a history of exposure or travel to endemic areas, a short list would include: Brucellosis Infectious mononucleosis Sarcoidosis Yersinia pestis (plag...
Buruli ulcer is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and belongs to the family of bacteria that causes tuberculosis and leprosy.
., Moraxella catarrhalis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Viruses include herpes simplex virus, with bacterial superinfection.
Hepatitis a Legionnaires' disease Tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rubella Malaria in pregnancy Malaria Leprosy Viral hepatitis Diphtheria
Hot tub lung - exposure to Mycobacterium avium in poorly-maintained hot tubs [ 7 ] . Chemical worker's lung - trimellitic anhydride, diisocyanate and methylene diisocyanate act as th...