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Acute hemorrhagic oedema of infancy, acute hemorrhagic edema of childhood, Finkelstein's disease, infantile postinfectious iris-like purpura and edema, medallion-like purpura, purpura en cocarde avec œdème and Seidlmayer syndrome. Purpura is one of the main characteristics of Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy. Specialty: Dermatology: Symptoms
Lemierre's syndrome begins with an infection of the head and neck region, with most primary sources of infection in the palatine tonsils and peritonsillar tissue. [10] Usually this infection is a pharyngitis (which occurred in 87.1% of patients as reported by a literature review [ 6 ] ), and can be preceded by infectious mononucleosis as ...
Immunotherapy or biological therapy is the treatment of disease by activating or suppressing the immune system.Immunotherapy is designed to elicit or amplify an immune response are classified as activation immunotherapies, while immunotherapies that reduce or suppress are classified as suppression immunotherapies.
In areas where the disease is common, the medication praziquantel may be given once a year to the entire group. [5] This is done to decrease the number of people infected, and consequently, the spread of the disease. [5] Praziquantel is also the treatment recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for those who are known to be infected. [5]
Finkelstein's test was described by Harry Finkelstein (1865–1939), an American surgeon, in 1930. [5]A similar test was previously described by Eichhoff, in which the thumb is placed in the palm of the hand and held with the fingers, and the hand is then ulnar deviated (see images), causing intense pain over the radial styloid which disappears if the thumb is released.
Diseases caused by human polyomavirus infections are most common among immunocompromised people; disease associations include BK virus with nephropathy in renal transplant and non-renal solid organ transplant patients, [8] [9] JC virus with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, [10] and Merkel cell virus (MCV) with Merkel cell cancer. [11]
[4] Complicated SSSIs included "infections either involving deeper soft tissue or requiring significant surgical intervention, such as infected ulcers, burns, and major abscesses or a significant underlying disease state that complicates the response to treatment."
Sporotrichosis can be acquired by handling cats with the disease; it is an occupational hazard for veterinarians. [1] Treatment depends on the site and extent of infection. [1] Topical antifungals may be applied to skin lesions. [1] Deep infection in the lungs may require surgery. [1]