Viral Infections of the Mouth: eMedicine Dermatology

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Viral Infections of the Mouth: eMedicine Dermatology

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Overview: Members of the human herpesvirus (HHV) and human papillomavirus (HPV) families are the most common causes of primary viral infections of the oral cavity. Nonetheless, many other viral infections can affect the oral cavity in humans, either ...

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Tags: Dermatology, Wart, Infection, Viral Infection, STD, HPV

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HHV and HPV viruses are the most common oral viruses, but many viruses infect the oral cavity. Learn about oral viruses.http://bit.ly/9GMD2K

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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers: eMedicine Dermatology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of etiologically diverse viral diseases unified by common underlying pathophysiology. These febrile diseases result from infection by viruses from 4 viral families: Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Filoviridae, and Flaviviridae. The viruses ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of diverse viral diseases unified by common underlying causes. http://bit.ly/dw9on7

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Warts, Genital: eMedicine Dermatology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Until the 19th century, genital warts (GWs) were believed to be a form of syphilis or gonorrhea. The viral etiology of warts was established in 1907 by inoculation of wart filtrates into skin, inducing papillomas at ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Genital warts are a result of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Learn the symptoms. http://bit.ly/8Yclb8

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Orf: eMedicine Dermatology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Orf is a viral disease that is widespread in sheep and goats. Orf can be transmitted to humans by contact with an infected animal or contaminated fomites. Reindeer have also caused similar lesions in humans. Orf ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Orf is a viral disease that is widespread in sheep and goats. Orf can be transmitted to humans. Learn the symptoms. http://bit.ly/d5nmt7

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Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease: eMedicine Dermatology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral illness with a distinct clinical presentation of oral and characteristic distal extremity lesions. Most commonly, the etiologic agents are coxsackieviruses, members of the Picornaviridae family. Pathophysiology Epidemic hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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eMedicine's Dermatology article Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease is updated for 2010 at http://bit.ly/aVlkHn

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Noncandidal Fungal Infections of the Mouth: eMedicine Dermatology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Candidiasis is the most common fungal infection of the mouth. This article, however, focuses on noncandidal oral fungal infections. A few eMedicine articles on candidiasis include Candidiasis, Chronic Mucocutaneous;Candidiasis, Mucosal; and Candidiasis, Cutaneous.This article discusses 6 ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Not all fungal infections of the mouth are caused by yeast, and they can cause serious injury to the mouth. Learn more. http://bit.ly/bT3Hgm

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Candidiasis, Mucosal: eMedicine Dermatology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Candidosis describes a group of yeastlike fungal infections involving the skin and mucous membranes. Infection is caused by Candida species, typically, Candida albicans. By tradition, the most commonly used classification of oral candidosis divides the infection ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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The medical terminology 'mucosal candidiasis' may be used to describe any yeast infection of the mouth. http://bit.ly/aAGnxP

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Bacterial Mouth Infections: eMedicine Dermatology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The oral cavity contains some of the most varied and vast flora in the entire human body and is the main entrance for 2 systems vital to human function and physiology, the gastrointestinal and respiratory systems. Several ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Everything we need to know about bacterial mouth infections. http://bit.ly/bdHV8D

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Molluscum Contagiosum: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) causes a benign viral infection that is largely (if not exclusively) a disease of humans. Molluscum contagiosum virus (causes characteristic skin lesions consisting of single or, more often, multiple, rounded, dome-shaped, pink, ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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A few new tidbits added to the eMedicine Molluscum Contagiosum topic at http://bit.ly/4Bnqjw #pediatrics #medicine #dermatology #health

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