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  2. Pyelonephritis - Wikipedia

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    Pyelonephritis affects about 1 to 2 per 1,000 women each year and just under 0.5 per 1,000 males. [5] [7] Young adult females are most often affected, followed by the very young and old. [2] With treatment, outcomes are generally good in young adults.

  3. Blackwater fever - Wikipedia

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    The cause of hemolytic crises in this disease is unknown (mainly due to intravascular haemolysis). There is rapid and massive destruction of red blood cells resulting in hemoglobinemia (hemoglobin in the blood, but outside the red blood cells), hemoglobinuria (hemoglobin in urine), intense jaundice, anuria (passing less than 50 milliliters of urine in a day), and finally death in the majority ...

  4. Staphylococcus saprophyticus - Wikipedia

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    The many home remedies or natural treatments for urinary tract infections are not clinically proven, such as cranberry juice, alkalinization, and many types of common herbs and spices. Some show promise, such as to affect the formation of biofilms on surfaces or medical equipment, and in other in vitro situations.

  5. Community-acquired pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Carbon dioxide over 50 mmHg or pH under 7.35 while breathing room air; Hematocrit under 30 percent; Creatinine over 1.2 mg/dl or blood urea nitrogen over 20 mg/dl; White-blood-cell count under 4 × 10^9/L or over 30 × 10^9/L; Neutrophil count under 1 x 10^9/L; X-ray findings indicating hospitalization include: Involvement of more than one lobe ...

  6. Cause (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    An etiological agent of disease may require an independent co-factor, and be subject to a promoter (increases expression) to cause disease. An example of all the above, which was recognized late, is that peptic ulcer disease may be induced by stress, requires the presence of acid secretion in the stomach, and has primary etiology in ...

  7. Gastroenteritis - Wikipedia

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    Pseudomembranous colitis, usually caused by antibiotic use, is managed by discontinuing the causative agent and treating it with either metronidazole or vancomycin. [73] Bacteria and protozoans that are amenable to treatment include Shigella [ 74 ] Salmonella typhi , [ 75 ] and Giardia species. [ 36 ]

  8. Pathogenic Escherichia coli - Wikipedia

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    In ascending infections, fecal bacteria colonize the urethra and spread up the urinary tract to the bladder as well as to the kidneys (causing pyelonephritis), [37] or the prostate in males. Because women have a shorter urethra than men, they are 14 times more likely to suffer from an ascending UTI. [11]

  9. Atypical pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Many of the organisms causative of atypical pneumonia are unusual types of bacteria (Mycoplasma is a type of bacteria without a cell wall and Chlamydias are intracellular bacteria). As the conditions caused by the various agents have different courses and respond to different treatments, the identification of the specific causative pathogen is ...