Infectious Diseases

Offers detailed information about infectious disease including classifications, transmission, diagnosing and therapies, immunity, mortality from, and a history.

Published for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Find current and past issues and information about the journal.

Information about the ISF which seeks to improve the understanding and clinical management of patients through workshops, lectures, debates, practice guidelines, and training programs for professionals worldwide. Also contact details.

Information on nontuberculous mycobacteria and how it differs from tuberculosis. Includes information on the history of NTM, the causes, symptoms, types, diagnosis and treatment.

Shmuel Razin discusses general concepts, structure, class and pathogenesis of mycoplasmas. He also focuses on the different subspecies and chronic illnesses in which mycoplasmas are involved.

Includes factsheets on the flagellate protozoan parasite and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.

Scientific and medical information on the organisms and the diseases they cause.

Article by Burke A Cunha, MD.

Organization aiming to help patients, families and medical professionals successfully combat sepsis. Includes information on the condition, the Team Sepsis Plan and other initiatives and resources.

Interactive multimedia educational outreach initiative from the American Society for Microbiology providing news, videos, images and resources.

Describes the group which is for researchers, scientists, and patients who are interested in the research, development, and treatment protocols for this Herpes family Virus. Join, post and read mail.

Features virus information, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

Discusses salmonellosis and other zoonoses carried by reptiles and other pets.

Factsheet with cause, transmission, prevention, symptoms, and treatment.

Article by Jocelyn Y Ang, MD.

Medical and scientific information on this organism and the disease it causes.

Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, and prevention.

Encyclopedia article on this genus of bacteria, the diseases they can cause and their commercial uses.

Includes cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, treatment, and prevention.

Scientific and medical information about these bacteria and the diseases they cause.

Directory of links to information and news related to the disease.

Article by Mobeen Rathore, MD

Article by Frank Smeeks, MD, FAAEM.

Provides information on this serious pulmonary infection, including its pathophysiology, epidemiology, presentation, differential diagnosis, investigation, management, prognosis and prevention.

Directory of news, articles, and factsheets.

Medical and scientific information on this organism and the disease it causes.

Includes cause, treatment, symptoms, and prevention.

Provides information on the invasive and non-invasive infections cased by bacteria known as streptococcus pneumoniae. Includes a short video and details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Information from the US Centers for Disease Control.

Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and prevention.

Features symptoms, cause, prevention, treatment, risks, diagnosis, and prognosis.

The BBC reports on Avenal, a southern California city with an epidemic of coccidioidomycosis, which also affects dogs, llamas and alpacas.

Provides technical information on several different diseases caused by infection with fungi in the order Mucorales.

Tuberculosis and Public Health for Health Care Professionals. Reviews on issues in tuberculosis, applied epidemiology, and courses. An affiliation of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

Factsheets and articles on amebic dysentery caused by the organism Entamoeba histolytica.

Features risk factors, cause, complications, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Encyclopedia article on this condition caused by infection with Blastocystis, a single-celled parasite that infects the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals.

Fact sheets and studies with cause, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.

Article by Brooks D Cash.

Provides news, project reports, highlights, progress, publications, workplans, research grants and resources. From the World Health Organization, Tropical Disease Research and Training.

Detailed information from the World Health Organization.

Presents an in-depth look at malaria.

Article by Margaret C Douglass, MD.

Provides information on this disease and the program for its elimination being undertaken.

Provides information on the research being undertaken into this disease and its vectors.

Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of pinworms.

Includes cause, life cycle, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment.

Factsheet with cause, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.

Directory of factsheets, news, and articles.

Encyclopedia article on this infection which is caused by water-borne trematode parasites.