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Fungal meningitis is treated with long courses of high dose antifungal medications. The duration of treatment is dependent upon the causal pathogen and the patient's ability to stave off the infection; for patients with a weaker immune system or diabetes, treatment will often take longer.
Type II infection more commonly affects young, healthy adults with a history of injury. [2] Type III infection: Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium found in saltwater. It occasionally causes NF after entering the body through a break in the skin. [12] One in three patients with a V. vulnificus infection develop necrotizing fasciitis. [12]
Ingestion of a single leaf of the plant can be fatal to an adult. [61] Casual contact with the leaves can cause skin pustules. The berries pose the greatest danger to children because they look attractive and have a somewhat sweet taste. [66] The consumption of two to five berries by children and ten to twenty berries by adults can be lethal.
North Ayrshire, Scotland. Flax fiber is extracted from the bast beneath the surface of the stem of the flax plant. Flax fiber is soft, lustrous, and flexible; bundles of fiber have the appearance of blonde hair, hence the description "flaxen" hair. It is stronger than cotton fiber, but less elastic. A flax field in bloom in North Dakota
Blastomycosis in the lungs may present a variety of symptoms, or no symptoms at all. [8] If symptoms are present they may range from mild pneumonia resembling a pneumococcal infection to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). [8] Common symptoms include fever, chills, headache, coughing, difficulty breathing, chest pain, and malaise. [8]
Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, [3] [4] is a severe fungal infection [11] that comes under fulminant fungal sinusitis, [12] usually in people who are immunocompromised. [9] [13] It is curable only when diagnosed early. [12] Symptoms depend on where in the body the infection occurs.
Syphilis (/ ˈ s ɪ f ə l ɪ s /) is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. [1] The signs and symptoms depend on the stage it presents: primary, secondary, latent or tertiary.
Because of the size of the parasite, as adult F. hepatica: 20–30 × 13 mm (0.79–1.18 × 0.51 inches) or adult F. gigantica: 25–75 × 12 mm (0.98–2.95 × 0.47 inches), fasciolosis is a big concern. [4] The amount of symptoms depends on how many worms and what stage the infection is in.