Ergotism is a serious medical condition caused by the consumption of toxic alkaloids produced by the fungus Claviceps purpurea. This fungus infects cereal grains, particularly rye, and produces compounds...
Psittacosis is a zoonotic bacterial infectious disease. An obligate intracellular organism, Chlamydia psittaci, causes this disorder. Other names for this disorder are ornithosis and...
Melioidosis, or Whitmore's disease, is a potentially life-threatening infection caused by the gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which is found in soil and water in...
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is an infectious illness caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii and carried by ticks. The disease starts with generalized flu-like...