Noma is a facial gangrene infection that affects children in particular. Its name comes from the Greek word “nomē”, meaning ...

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How do ear infections happen? It's pretty simple. Sometimes, germs, like a virus or bacteria, can infect the inside of your ear. This can happen to anyone, although middle ear infections are more ...

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YA author Green (The Anthropocene Reviewed) takes another turn toward nonfiction in this congenial history of the world’s “oldest contagious disease.” Green writes that he became “obsessed ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2008;6(4):509-521. To summarize, the pathogenesis of M. pneumoniae infection is postulated to occur as follows: the inducers (components of M. pneumoniae and/or other ...