What is Morgellons Disease (MD)? : A poorly understood Dermopathy with Worldwide Distribution.

What is Morgellons Disease (MD)? : A poorly understood Dermopathy with Worldwide Distribution.
Author: Dr. Hakim. K. Saboowala
Publisher: Dr.Hakim Saboowala
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2021-04-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

What is Morgellons Disease (MD)? : A poorly understood Dermopathy with Worldwide Distribution. Morgellons disease (MD) is an emerging dermopathy with worldwide distribution. It is characterized by multicolored filaments that lie under, are embedded in, or project from skin. Although MD was initially considered to be a delusional disorder, recent studies have demonstrated that the dermopathy is associated with tickborne infection, that the filaments are composed of keratin and collagen, and that they result from proliferation of keratinocytes and fibroblasts in epithelial tissue. This prompted further investigation into the possibility of a spirochetal etiology for MD to discover if a similar disease process occurred at the cellular level. Spirochetes genetically identified as Borrelia burgdorferi sensu- stricto predominate as the infective agent in most of the Morgellons skin specimens studied so far. Other species of Borrelia have also been detected in skin specimens taken from MD patients. The optimal treatment for MD remains to be determined. An attempt has been made in this Booklet to present a histopathological and molecular evidence of spirochetal infection associated with MD in several published studies using a variety of techniques along with several illustrations for better understanding of the busy medicos at one click! …Dr. H. K. Saboowala. M.B.(Bom) .M.R.S.H.(London)

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Author: Gary R. Mullen
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 646
Release: 2009-04-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080919693

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Second Edition, has been fully updated and revised to provide the latest information on developments in entomology relating to public health and veterinary importance. Each chapter is structured with the student in mind, organized by the major headings of Taxonomy, Morphology, Life History, Behavior and Ecology, Public Health and Veterinary Importance, and Prevention and Control. This second edition includes separate chapters devoted to each of the taxonomic groups of insects and arachnids of medical or veterinary concern, including spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. Internationally recognized editors Mullen and Durden include extensive coverage of both medical and veterinary entomological importance. This book is designed for teaching and research faculty in medical and veterinary schools that provide a course in vector borne diseases and medical entomology; parasitologists, entomologists, and government scientists responsible for oversight and monitoring of insect vector borne diseases; and medical and veterinary school libraries and libraries at institutions with strong programs in entomology. Follows in the tradition of Herm's Medical and Veterinary Entomology The latest information on developments in entomology relating to public health and veterinary importance Two separate indexes for enhanced searchability: Taxonomic and Subject New to this edition: Three new chapters Morphological Adaptations of Parasitic Arthropods Forensic Entomology Molecular Tools in Medical and Veterinary Entomology 1700 word glossary Appendix of Arthropod-Related Viruses of Medical-Veterinary Importance Numerous new full-color images, illustrations and maps throughout

Psychodermatology in Clinical Practice

Psychodermatology in Clinical Practice
Author: Anthony Bewley
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2021-06-03
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030543072

This book represents a simple, practical resource for all healthcare professionals working with dermatological patients with psychological aspects to their disease. The emphasis is on effective guidance rather than exhaustive case reviews, providing readers with a manual on the appropriate way to approach management of the patient in each case. Comprehensive in coverage, but concise in its delivery of information, Psychodermatology in Clinical Practice presents an idealized approach to management of psychodermatology patients within a global perspective, and provides practical tools to aid assessment of patients and in the decision-making process. It is suitable for dermatologists, psychiatrists and psychologists, dermatology nursing staff, primary care physicians and pediatricians.

Idiotypes in Medicine: Autoimmunity, Infection and Cancer

Idiotypes in Medicine: Autoimmunity, Infection and Cancer
Author: R.C. Kennedy
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 557
Release: 1997-11-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0080534430

This is the most comprehensive review of the idiotypic network available. All the current knowledge of idiotypes of the various antibodies is incorporated in this volume. The pathogenic role of idiotypes in autoimmunity and cancer is reviewed in depth. The therapeutic part focusses on harnessing anti-idiotypes for treating autoimmunological disorders, and on the employment of idiotypes for vaccines in cancer and infectious diseases, as well as explaining the manipulation of the idiotypic network in autoimmunity and cancer idiotypes and vaccines.

The Empathy Exams

The Empathy Exams
Author: Leslie Jamison
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1555970885

From personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring 2014 Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to diagnose, Leslie Jamison's visceral and revealing essays ask essential questions about our basic understanding of others: How should we care about each other? How can we feel another's pain, especially when pain can be assumed, distorted, or performed? Is empathy a tool by which to test or even grade each other? By confronting pain—real and imagined, her own and others'—Jamison uncovers a personal and cultural urgency to feel. She draws from her own experiences of illness and bodily injury to engage in an exploration that extends far beyond her life, spanning wide-ranging territory—from poverty tourism to phantom diseases, street violence to reality television, illness to incarceration—in its search for a kind of sight shaped by humility and grace.

Manual of Clinical Microbiology

Manual of Clinical Microbiology
Author: Karen C. Carroll
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1
Release: 2019-02-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1683672933

Manual of Clinical Microbiology Twelfth Edition Revised by a collaborative, international, interdisciplinary team of editors and authors, this edition includes the latest applications of genomics and proteomics and is filled with current findings regarding infectious agents, leading-edge diagnostic methods, laboratory practices, and safety guidelines. This edition also features three new chapters on accreditation, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, and human herpesvirus 8. This seminal reference of microbiology continues to set the standard for state-of-the-science laboratory practice as the most authoritative reference in the field of microbiology.

Psychocutaneous Medicine

Psychocutaneous Medicine
Author: John Y. M. Koo
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2003-06-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0824755758

This reference presents research and clinical developments in the field, presenting comprehensive, problem-focused approaches to psychodermatology. It offers a panoramic perspective of worldwide research efforts to improve the understanding and treatment of the psychodermatological patient.

Ask the Bugman

Ask the Bugman
Author: Richard Fagerlund
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2002
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780826328359

How to control household pests in a more environmentally friendly way.

Biofilm Infections

Biofilm Infections
Author: Thomas Bjarnsholt
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-10-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781489982285

This book will cover both the evidence for biofilms in many chronic bacterial infections as well as the problems facing these infections such as diagnostics and treatment regimes. A still increasing interest and emphasis on the sessile bacterial lifestyle biofilms has been seen since it was realized that that less than 0.1% of the total microbial biomass lives in the planktonic mode of growth. The term was coined in 1978 by Costerton et al. who defined the term biofilm for the first time.In 1993 the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) recognised that the biofilmmode of growth was relevant to microbiology. Lately many articles have been published on the clinical implications of bacterial biofilms. Both original articles and reviews concerning the biofilm problem are available.