Tuberculoid leprosy = الجذام الدرني

Tuberculoid leprosy = الجذام الدرني Borderline Tuberculoid Leprosy.   In BT disease, immunologic resistance is strong enough to restrain the infection, in that the disease is limited and bacillary growth retarded, but the host response is insufficient to self-cure -. These patients are somewhat unstable— resistance may increase, upgrading to TT, or decrease, downgrading to […]

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Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis = السل الجلدي الثؤلولي

Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis = السل الجلدي الثؤلولي Warty Tuberculosis   PATHOGENESIS Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis is a paucibacillary disorder caused by exogenous re-infection (inoculation) in previously sensitized individuals with high immunity. Inoculation occurs at sites of minor wounds or, rarely, from the patient’s own sputum. Members of professional groups handling infectious material are at risk. Children […]

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Tularemia = التولاريميا

Tularemia = التولاريميا   TULAREMIA      (FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS INFECTIONS)   Etiology and Epidemiology Tularemia is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by Francisella tularensis, a pleomorphic Gram-negative coccobacillus found in many species of mammals, most important, lagomorphs (rabbits and hares) and rodents, and in their immediate environments. The bacteria are highly infectious, can be transmitted […]

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Tungiasis =داء الطوامر

Reticular lesion = افة جلدية شبكية Tungiasis Tungiasis is an infestation by the burrowing flea Tunga penetrans or related species. The flea has many common names as listed above. Tungiasis was first reported in crewmen who sailed with Christopher Columbus. The flea is indigenous to the West Indies/Caribbean/Central America region, but it has spread to Africa, India, Pakistan, and South America. Travelers […]

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