| ABIM | American Board of Internal Medicine |
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| ABIMCE | American Board of Internal Medicine certifying examination |
| ABPM&R | American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
| ACFAO | American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine |
| ACGPOMS | American College of General Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery |
| anaplasmataceae infections | Infections with bacteria of the family anaplasmataceae. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| arbovirus infections | Infections caused by arthropod-borne viruses, general or unspecified. (12 Dec 1998) |
| arenaviridae infections | Virus diseases caused by the arenaviridae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| arterivirus infections | Infections caused by viruses of the genus arterivirus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ascaridida infections | Infections with nematodes of the order ascaridida. (12 Dec 1998) |
| astroviridae infections | Infections with astrovirus, causing gastroenteritis in human infants, calves, lambs, and piglets. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bacillaceae infections | Infections with bacteria of the family bacillaceae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bacterial infections | Infections by bacteria, general or unspecified. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bacterial infections and mycoses | Infections caused by bacteria and fungi, general, specified, or unspecified. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bacteroidaceae infections | Infections with bacteria of the family bacteroidaceae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bacteroides infections | Infections with bacteria of the genus bacteroides. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bartonellaceae infections | Infections with bacteria of the family bartonellaceae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bartonella infections | Infections by the genus bartonella. Bartonella bacilliformis can cause acute febrile anaemia, designated oroya fever, and a benign skin eruption, called verruga peruana. Bartonella quintana causes trench fever, while bartonella henselae is the aetiologic agent of bacillary angiomatosis (angiomatosis, bacillary) and is also one of the causes of cat scratch disease in immunocompetent patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| birnaviridae infections | Virus diseases caused by the birnaviridae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blastocystis infections | Infections with protozoa of the genus blastocystis. The species b. Hominis is responsible for most infections. Surveys have generally found small numbers of this species in human stools submitted for parasitologic studies, with higher positivity rates and organism numbers being reported in aids patients and patients with other immunosuppressive diseases. Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhoea, constipation, vomiting, and fatigue. (12 Dec 1998) |