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| blood poisoning, invasion of the blood stream by microorganisms from a focus of infection |
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| inflammation of body tissue characterized by fever, swelling, redness and pain |
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| inflammation of the epiglottis and surrounding structures |
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| inflammation of the middle ear/middle ear infection |
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STI rarely seen in the US
symptoms can appear 1 to 12 weeks after infection with the bacteria |
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| rare and severe bacterial infection caused when people are exposed to certain environments, symptoms can take 2 to 26 days to develop |
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non-neoplatic syndrome presenting with little knots of capillaries in multiple organs
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an ascending urinary tract infection that has reached the pelvis of the kidney
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| Pelvic inflammatory disease |
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| infection of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries |
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| severe form of shigellosis |
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cellulitis characterized by painful, puritic, inflammatory skin lesions
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| causes the urge to scratch/itches |
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| common skin infection, lots of blisters filled with pus, easily popped, leave a red base afterwards |
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| inflammation of one or more hair follicles can occur anywhere on the skin |
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| a boil, basically deep folliculitis, since it's an inflammation of a hair follicle |
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collection of pus inside the pleural cavity
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| symptoms depend on the bacteria that caused it, but symptoms caused by streptobacillus monoliformis include fever, chills, joint pain, redness or swelling |
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infection common in wild rodents
transmitted to humans by contact with infected animal tissues, ticks, biting flies or mosquitos
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moderately serious disease transmitted by body lice
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long term bacterial infection commonly affecting the face and neck
draining sores on the skin, especially on chest wall from lung infection with actinomyces |
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flesh-eating disease
infection of the deeper layers of the skin/subcutaneous tissues
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| Pseudomembraneous colitis |
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| infection of the large intestine with an overgrowth of Clostridium difficile |
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