Goodpasture’s Syndrome: Autoimmunity Gone Wrong
Goodpasture's Syndrome, more accurately referred to today as anti-GBM disease, is a rare autoimmune small vessel vasculitis. In this condition, the immune system produces...
MAC Lung Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
MAC lung disease is a chronic and potentially serious lung infection caused by the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)—a group of genetically related bacteria commonly...
Psittacosis: A Hidden Threat from Birds
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: How It Spreads & Ways to Stay Safe
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...
Anthrax: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Explained
Anthrax is a severe infectious disease. The bacteria Bacillus anthracis causes this disorder. B. anthracis is a small, encapsulated, facultatively anaerobic or aerobic, gram-positive,...
Pleurisy: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment Options
Pleurisy, also known as Pleuritis, is a condition of the lungs in which the pleura (lining of the lungs that separates them from the chest...
