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Treatment is with ANTIBIOTIC MEDICATIONS, typi- cally penicillins or erythromycin. Most people rap- idly and fully recover with ...

The last smallpox infection to occur in the United States was in 1949; the last smallpox infec- tion in the world was in 1977 ( ...

tend to wait for the throat culture results before prescribing antibiotic medications unless the per- son has a history of strep ...

Tertiary syphilis The last stage of syphilis, the tertiary stage, is the emergence of symptoms resulting from the damage that oc ...

T toxic shock syndrome A systemic IMMUNE RESPONSEto the endotoxins many BACTERIAproduce during infections. The immune response p ...

Symptoms, when they occur, are similar to those of influenza and may include FEVER MUSCLEaches and JOINT PAIN upper respiratory ...

tuberculosis An illness resulting from INFECTION with the MICROBE Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Though tuberculosis most commonly ...

Doing so is hazardous both for the person, who then remains infected with tuberculosis, and in the context of public health beca ...

V–W virus An infectious PATHOGENthat must invade a host cell to replicate, technically called an obligate intracellular PARASITE ...

proteins that the host cell’s RNA transcribe as instructions to replicate the virus’s DNA, which the cell does. DNA contains the ...

industrial chemicals may also contaminate water supplies, causing poisoning. People may acquire waterborne infections through dr ...

For example, this section, “Cancer,” contains the entry HORMONE-DRIVEN CANCERS, whereas while the section “The Reproductive Syst ...

Most are chemicals or sources of radiation, both of which alter the molecular structure of cells in ways that change their funct ...

A–B adenocarcinoma A type of cancer that arises from the endothelial cells of glandular structures. Adenocarcinoma is the most c ...

or EYEcan result in vision and hearing problems. Surgery, particularly AMPUTATION, may result in lifelong health issues that req ...

in receiving conventional treatments that could have health benefits. Making Choices and Decisions Choices and decisions in rega ...

type of tissue where the embryonic cells remain after organ development. Blastomas nearly always occur in childhood, though occa ...

C cancer risk factors The circumstances that may increase an individual’s chance for developing cancer. Cancer risk is a combina ...

cancer treatment options and decisions 371 CANCER RISK FACTORS Risk Factor Type of Cancer age 50 years and older all cancers ALC ...

or IMMUNOTHERAPY for an additive effect. Adverse side effects generally stay localized (remain in the area exposed to the radiat ...