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  • Anal yeast infection

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    Fungal infections can affect many areas of the body like the skin, nails, hair, gastrointestinal tract and genitalia. Fungal infections affecting the anus are most often caused by Candida yeasts,...

  • Skin infection - Definition

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    Skin infections are primarily bacterial attacks on the skin, especially by streptococci and staphylococci. Typically, the surface layer of the skin, the epidermis, is able to resist the invasion...

  • Angina

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    We can distinguish several kinds of Angina, the most common being sore throat (erythematous) and tonsillitis (erythematous pulpy). Both can be (most frequently) viral or bacterial. A throat...

  • Saprophytic bacteria - Definition

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    Saprophytic bacteria are bacteria that do not develop in the living organism and feed on the waste generated within it. They are opposed to pathogenic bacteria that enter the body and grow within...

  • Inguinal Abscess

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    An inguinal abscess is an abscess that develops in the groin area, the part of the body, between the thighs and the body. Like any abscess, an inguinal abscess is an accumulation of pus, which...

  • Infected sebaceous cyst

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    A cyst is a lump that develops within a tissue. Among skin cysts, there is the sebaceous cyst that develops in the epidermis layer of the skin, more specifically in a sebaceous gland. The...

  • Nosocomial infections

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    Nosocomial infections are infections contracted during a stay in a health facility (hospital, clinic...). A patient, by definition, does not have the nosocomial infection upon admission or during...

  • Nosocomial infection - Definition

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    A nosocomial infection is an infection contracted during a stay in a health facility. An identified infection is considered nosocomial if it appears at least 48 hours after entering the facility....

  • Infection - Definition

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    An infection designs the invasion and multiplication of micro-organisms in a living body. These microorganisms may be: viruses (like flu), bacteria (streptococci or staphylococci in skin...

  • Ear infections (Otitis Media)

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    Ear infections are the most frequent childhood illness due their short narrow Eustachian tube. Because the Eustachian tube drains into the back of the nose and throat, germs and common cold...

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