Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, which includes five Mycobacteriums : Tuberculosis (commonly known as Koch's Bacillus), Bovis, Africanum, Microti, and Pinnipedii. This condition affects both humans and certain animal species...
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Systemic sclerosis is a non-organ-specific autoimmune disease of the connective tissue, characterized by excessive production of collagen leading to fibrosis of the skin as well as organs such as the lung, it is responsible for aesthetic discomfort, an alteration of the functiona...
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Balantidium Coli is a large protozoan parasite, measuring up to 150 micrometers, initially identified in 1857 and later renamed in 1861-1862. It is an animal parasite, with its primary reservoir being pigs (domestic pigs/wild boars), but it can also be found in other animal speci...
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Giant cell arteritis, formerly known as Horton's disease, is a vasculitis affecting the large vessels, specifically the aorta, with a preference for the supra-aortic trunks. Its etiology remains unknown, but two risk factors have been identified: a genetic predisposition and the...
Sjögren's syndrome, formerly known as Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome, is an autoimmune disease with a predilection for exocrine glands, earning it the nickname of exocrinopathy or autoimmune epithelitis of the exocrine glands. It is a rare disease that predominantly affects females, w...
Uveitis is an intraocular inflammation that specifically affects the uvea. The granulomatous nature is defined by large inflammatory cell precipitates on the corneal endothelial tissue, inflammatory nodules located at the edge of the pupil, or within the iris stroma. The etiologi...
Cystic fibrosis is most often diagnosed in the first years of life due to pancreatic insufficiency and respiratory damage with chronic bronchial suppuration. However, moderate or monosymptomatic forms may only appear in adulthood. As for Graves' disease, it is an autoimmune patho...