Tag: Infection
Acute renal failure during HIV infection
Generalities:
Acute renal failure (ARF) is a common complication in HIV-positive patients for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).It occurs on average 4.5 years after the...
HIV Infection and AIDS
- AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is the most severe form of HIV infection (HIV).
- There are two serotypes. HIV-1 is the most common. HIV-2...
Burns
Burns are skin trauma, produced by thermal agents, electrical, chemical or radiation. They still cause significant pain and can sometimes be life-threatening and /...
Screening for HIV infection
Diagnosis of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains in France a city of medicine current problem.Besides the mandatory reporting of AIDS disease introduction...
Chance discovery of hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is a major public health problems worldwide.
Approximately 2 billion people (one third of the world population) serological markers indicating the existence of...
Neisseria
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Neisseria are Gram-negative cocci, diplococci associates, sometimes tetrads and immobile. Strictly aerobic bacteria, only to respiratory metabolism (respiration of nitrate and / or...
Escherichia Coli
Isolated for the first time by Escherich in 1885, is the Escherichia coli bacterial species that has been most studied by fundamentalists for physiology...
Viral Infections
1- Herpes:
- Herpes is the leading cause of recurrent erythema multiforme.
- Virus isolation with search cytopathic effect remains the reference method.
Serology is used for...
Bacterial and Parasitic Infections
* Diphtheria: it is due to the lysogénée bacteria strain that produces exotoxin.
C. The diphtheria that do not produce exotoxin may be responsible for...
Pyomyositis
- Pyomyositis is an infection of muscle almost always due to Staphylococcus aureus, preferentially affecting the muscles of the limbs and trunk. The locations...
