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Conditions and Diseases – Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

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This collection focuses on conditions related to infectious and parasitic diseases.

These comprehensive and concise factsheets are physician-reviewed and reflect the most current, evidence-based information. Relevant sources are provided for each fact sheet.

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A
  • Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
  • Actinomycosis
  • Acute bronchitis
  • Acute cystitis
  • Acute mastoiditis
  • Acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis
  • Acute sinusitis
  • ADC
  • Adenovirus infection
  • AIDS
      AIDS
  • AIDS dementia complex
  • AIDS encephalopathy
  • AIDS-related dementia
  • Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
  • Amebiasis
  • Amoebic dysentery
  • AN
  • Anaphylactoid purpura
  • Anogenital wart
  • ARD
  • Ascariasis
  • Aseptic meningitis
  • Aspergillosis
  • Athlete's foot
  • Auditory dyssynchrony
  • Auditory neuropathy
  • Auditory processing disorder
  • Auditory synaptopothy
  • Avian influenza
B
  • Bacteremia—child
  • Bacterial arthritis
  • Bacterial endocarditis
  • Bacterial sore throat
  • Bang's disease
  • Behcet's disease
  • Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
  • Benign positional vertigo, BPV
  • Bird flu
  • Botulinum toxin - biological weapon
  • Botulism
  • BPPV
  • Break bone fever
  • Bronchitis, acute
  • Brucellosis
  • Bubonic plague
C
  • C diff infection
  • C diff—antibiotic associated colitis
  • Caliciviruses
  • Candida vulvovaginitis
  • Candidal skin infection
  • Candidiasis
  • Cane-cutter fever
  • Canicola fever
  • Canker sore
  • Cat scratch fever
  • Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
  • CAUTI
  • Cercarial dermatitis
  • Chest cold
  • Chickenpox
  • Chikungunya
  • Chikungunya fever
  • Chlamydia
  • Chronic sinusitis
  • CJD
  • Clam digger's itch
  • Clostridium difficile infection
  • CMV infection
  • Cold
  • Cold sores
  • Colitis, ulcerative
  • Colorado tick fever
  • Community-acquired pneumonia
  • Condyloma acuminata
  • Congenital kyphosis
  • Congenital rubella syndrome
  • Congenital syphilis
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Corneal ulcer
  • Crab lice
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • CRS
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • CTF
  • Cystitis
  • Cytomegalovirus
D
  • Deer-fly fever
  • Dengue fever
  • Dental abscess
  • Dermatophyte infection
  • Diptheria
  • Dry gangrene
  • Duck fleas
  • Duck itch
  • Duckworms
E
  • E. coli infection
  • Eastern equine encephalitis
  • Ebola virus disease
  • EEE
  • Encephalitis
  • Enteric fever
  • Enterovirus D68 infection
  • Enterovirus—child
  • Epidemic parotitis
  • Erysipelas
  • Erythema infectiosum
  • ESBL infection
  • Escherichia coli infection
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7
  • EV-D68 infection
  • Exanthem subitum
  • Extended spectrum beta-lactamase infection
F
  • Fifth disease
  • Flu
  • Food infection
  • Fungal endocarditis
  • Fungal nail infection
G
  • Gas gangrene
  • GBS
  • Genital herpes
      Genital herpes
  • Genital warts
  • German measles
  • Giardiasis
  • Global swine flu
  • Gonorrhea
  • Gram-negative bacterial infection
  • Group B streptococcal infection
H
  • H. pyloriinfection
  • H1N1 Infection
  • H1N1flu
  • H5N1 Infection
  • Hand, foot, and mouth disease
  • Hantavirus infection
  • Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
  • Head lice
  • Helicobacter pyloriinfection
  • Hemorrhagic jaundice
  • Hep A
  • Hep B
  • Hep C
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
      Hepatitis C
  • Herpes genitalis
  • Herpes labialis
  • Herpes simplex virus—cold sores
  • Herpes simplex virus—genital herpes
      Herpes simplex virus—genital herpes
  • Herpes simplex, genital
  • Herpes stomatitis
  • Herpes zoster
  • Herpes, genital
  • Histoplasmosis
  • HIV
      HIV
  • HIV encephalopathy
  • HIV-associated cognitive/motor complex
  • HIV-associated dementia complex
  • HIV-associated encephalopathy (HAE)
  • hMPV
  • HPV
  • HTLV
  • HTLV-I
  • HTLV-II
  • Human immunodeficiency virus
  • Human metapneumovirus infection
  • Human papillomavirus
  • Human swine flu
  • Human T cell lymphotropic viral infection
  • Hunchback
I
  • Icterohemorrhagic fever
  • IE
  • Infectious arthritis
  • Infective endocarditis
  • Influenza
  • Influenza A (H1N1)
  • Intestinal lipodystrophy
J
  • Japanese encephalitis
K
  • Keratitis
  • Kyphosis
L
  • Leptospirosis
  • Lower respiratory tract infection
  • Lower UTI
  • Lyme disease
  • Lymphangitis
  • Lymphedema
M
  • Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusinfection
  • Malaria
  • Mastoiditis
  • Measles
  • MERS-CoV
  • Mesenteric adenitis—child
  • Mesenteric lymphadenitis—child
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • Monilial vulvovaginitis
  • Mononucleosis
  • Montezuma’s revenge
  • Mosquito-borne viral encephalitis
  • MRSA
  • Mucocutaneous candidiasis
  • Mud fever
  • Multiply-Resistant Enterococci
  • Mumps
N
  • Neuropathy, auditory
  • New H1N1 flu
  • Nontropical sprue
  • Norovirus
  • Norwalk virus
  • Norwalk-like virus
  • Novel H1N1 flu
O
  • Onychomycosis
  • Oral candidiasis—adult
  • Oral candidiasis—child
  • Orchitis
  • Organ or tissue death
  • Ornithosis
P
  • Pandemic (H1N1) flu
  • Parrot fever
  • Parvovirus B19
  • PCP
  • Penile warts
  • Peritonsillar abscess
  • Pharyngeal plague
  • Pig flu
  • Pink eye
  • Pinworm
  • Pityriasis versicolor
  • Plague
  • Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
  • Pneumonia-adult
  • Pneumonia-child
  • Pneumonic plague
  • Polio
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Positional vertigo of barany
  • Post-herpetic neuralgia
  • Postpartum endometritis
  • Postural kyphosis
  • Primary lymphedema
  • Psittacosis
  • Pubic lice
  • Pyogenic arthritis
R
  • Rabbit fever
  • Rabies
  • Reiter's syndrome
  • Rhinosinusitis
  • Rice-field fever
  • Ringworm
  • Rocky mountain spotted fever
  • Roseola
  • Rotavirus
  • Roundback of the spine
  • RSV
  • Rubella
S
  • Shiga toxin
  • Staph infection
  • Salmonella
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Scabies
  • Scarlatina
  • Scarlet fever
  • Scheuermann's kyphosis
  • Sea lice
  • Seconary lymphedema
  • Sepsis, neonatal
  • Septic arthritis
  • Septic shock
  • Septicemic plague
  • Shingles
  • Sinus infection
  • Sinusitis
  • Slapped cheek disease
  • Small round structure viruses
  • Smallpox
  • SMRV
  • SSI
  • St. Louis encephalitis
  • Staphylococcus aureusinfection
  • Stomach flu (norviruses)
  • Stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis)
  • Strep throat
  • Stuttgart disease
  • Surgical site infection
  • Surgical wound infection
  • Swamp fever
  • Swimmer's itch
  • Swine flu
  • Swine influenza
  • Swineherd's disease
  • Syphilis
T
  • Tapeworm
  • TB
  • Tetanus
  • Three-day measles
  • Thrush—adult
  • Thrush—child
  • Tinea capitis
  • Tinea corporis 
  • Tinea cruris
  • Tinea faciei
  • Tinea manus
  • Tinea nigra
  • Tinea pedis
  • Tinea unguium
  • Tinea versicolor
  • Traveler's diarrhea
  • Trichomoniasis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Tularemia
  • Turista
  • Type A (H1N1) flu
  • Typhoid fever
U
  • Undulant fever
  • Upper respiratory tract infection
  • URI
  • UTI
V
  • Vancomycin-resistant enterococci infection
  • Varicella
  • Vesicular stomatitis with exanthem
  • Viral gastroenteritis
  • Viral rhinitis
  • VRE
  • Vulvovaginal candidiasis
W
  • Warts, genital
  • Weil disease
  • West Nile virus
  • Western equine encephalitis
  • Wet gangrene
  • Whipple's disease
Y
  • Yeast infection
  • Yeast infection—skin
  • Yellow fever
Z
  • Zika virus infection
  • Zika virus infection and pregnancy

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