Category Medical Specialty
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Toxic megacolon

Toxic megacolon is colonic dilation (>6cm) with systemic toxicity, usually due to an acute colitis; can involve the whole colon or only one segment.

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Elder abuse

Elder abuse refers to any form of maltreatment of an older dependent person. The abuser typically has a close relationship to the elderly person

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Carcinoid Syndrome

Carcinoid tumors are neuroendocrine malignancies typically located in the GI tract; most commonly in the terminal ilium and appendix.

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Listeria

Listeria monocytogenes is non-endospore forming, regular, non-branching gram positive bacilli that grows in aerobic and anaerobic conditions

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Meningococcemia

Meningococcemia: Neisseria meningitidis bacteraemia -> endotoxin mediated fulminant multi-organ failure; mortality 10-12%

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Mucormycosis

Mucormycosis is the unifying term used to describe infections caused by fungi belonging to the order Mucorales (e.g. Rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Mucor, and Absidia).