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Venomous snakes inflict considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide, although specific data on the total number of venomous snakebites globally ...

Shigellosis is a form of bacterial diarrhea caused by gram-negative bacteria  species. It is common in developing countr ...

Nutrients are chemical substances required by the body to sustain basic functions and are optimally obtained by eating a balanced diet. There are s ...

Chancroid is an exceedingly rare sexually transmitted infection, both in the United States and globally. Understanding its true prevalence is made ...

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is thrombotic microangiopathy characterized by the presence of a triad of symptoms: thrombocytopenia, acute renal i ...

Balanoposthitis is an inflammation that affects both the glans penis and prepuce. Many etiologies exist, but it can generally classify as either in ...

Contact dermatitis is an inflammatory eczematous skin disease. It is caused by chemicals or metal ions that exert toxic effects without inducing a ...

Erysipelas is a skin infection involving the dermis layer of the skin, but it may also extend to the superficial cutaneous lymphatics. It is charac ...

Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is distinguished by diastolic dysfunction in a non-dilated ventricle. Multiple types of restrictive cardiomyo ...

Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic.  It exhibits bactericidal activity against aerobic gram-negative bacteria makes gentamicin a good ...

The first pass effect is a phenomenon in which a drug gets metabolized at a specific location in the body that results in a reduced concentration o ...

The term "anabolic" means the use of body energy to promote growth and regulate constructive metabolism. Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) ar ...

Assisting patients with elimination is an essential aspect of the nurse's role and has important medical significance as well as psychosocial effec ...

A medication administration route is often classified by the location at which the drug is administered, such as oral or intravenous. The choice of ...

Azathioprine (AZA) is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the symptomatic treatment of active rheumatoid arthriti ...

The major medical indications of marijuana are to relieve symptoms rather than cure disease. Medical marijuana is not approved by the US Food and D ...

Tacrolimus is an immunosuppressive agent used for prophylaxis of organ rejection post-transplant. Tacrolimus use is in combination with one or, mos ...

Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a rare systemic autoimmune disease with an overlapping feature of at least two connective tissue diseases ...