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Candidemia
Bloodstream infection with Candida, a yeast-like fungus. Persons at high risk for candidemia include low-birth-weight babies, surgical patients, and those whose immune systems are deficient. Treatment is with the antifungal agent…
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- Clitoral cancer See: Cancer of the vulva
- MCP1 Monocyte chemotactic protein-1, a member of the small inducible gene (SIG) family, plays a role in the…
- SIDDT Sudden infant death with dysgenesis of testes. SIDDT was first identified in an Old Order Amish community in…
- Surgery, stereotactic Surgery in which a system of three- dimensional coordinates is used to locate the site to be operated on…
- Atypical Not typical, not usual, not normal, abnormal. Atypical is often used to refer to the appearance of…
- MCP Membrane cofactor protein. A ubiquitous protein on the surface of cells that regulates complement and is…
- Oma Suffix meaning a swelling or tumor. Many words in medicine end in -oma. Some examples include adenoma…
- Spectrophotometer A device which measures the amount of ultraviolet light absorbed by a substance. For example, vitamin A…
- Osteosarcoma A cancer of the bone that occurs predominantly in adolescents and young adults. It accounts for 5 percent of…
- Disruption sequence The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as…
- Tick bite A bite from a bloodsucking, parasitic insect that punctures the skin with a sharp beak. The tic burrows into…