(n.) An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.
Example Sentences:
(1) The humeroscapular bone is present in the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), the screech owl (Otus asio), the barred owl (Strix varia), the red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicencis), the Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii), and the sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus).
(2) Eight of nine (89%) buboes followed to the endpoint on the 3-day rosoxacin regimen were cured, versus three of six (50%) on the single-dose regimen.
(3) Despite an increased knowledge of the pathogenesis of chancroid, important questions such as growth requirements, bubo-formation, role of cell-mediated immunity and ulcer formation are still unanswered.
(4) One third of all cats had the triad of lethargy, anorexia, and fever in addition to buboes; one quarter had this triad plus abscesses.
(5) Patients with buboes responded equally well to both treatments.
(6) A 62-year-old woman developed bubonic plague with an epitrochlear bubo one to two days after skinning two cottontail rabbits.
(7) For the first time three cases of the detection of Francisella tularensis, made by means of the direct immunofluorescence test in the fluid obtained from punctured buboes or in purulent matter taken from patients with the ulcerous bubonic form of tularemia, are presented.
(8) In order to find more specific evidence of predator digestion, we used a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to examine the surface microstructure of bones and teeth consumed by Bubo virginianus (great horned owl) and Canis latrans (coyote), which prey upon similar species.
(9) A similar disease was also produced with this virus in the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), screech owl (Otus asio), and ring-necked turtle dove (Streptopelia risoria).
(10) Most patients presented with fever, malaise, and an acute painful lymphadenitis (bubo).
(11) Finally, anaerobes were isolated in 17 (57%) of ulcers without bubo, 11 (65%) of ulcers with nonfluctuant bubo, and 18 (90%) of chancroid ulcers associated with fluctuant bubo.
(12) Inguinal bubo, herpes pregenitalis, condylomata acuminata, erosive balanitis and traumatic ulcers were seen less frequently.
(13) The diagnosis was made by isolation of bacteria from a ruptured bubo and by demonstration of an antibody titer to Yersinia pestis.
(14) Ulcers and buboes were followed clinically and bacteriologically for 1 month.
(15) Natural infection has been observed in the Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo L.), Long-eared Owl (Asio otus L.) and Snowy Owl (nyctea scandiaca L.) In addition the Little Owl (Athene noctua Scopolic) and Tengmalms Owl (Aegolius funereus L.) was experimentally infected.
(16) A case has been described in which the inguinal gland was involved producing a bubo simulating that caused by other commoner conditions.
(17) Buboes were appreciated on physical examination, and the diagnosis of bubonic plague was confirmed by positive blood cultures.
(18) The budgie (Melopsittacus undulatas), the common pigeon (Columba domestica), the yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), and the horned owl (Bubo virginianus) were chosen as representative of the bird.
(19) Meningitis developed in three patients and pneumonia in two patients; these five patients a-l had buboes in the axillary region.
(20) In an effort to establish comparative data within the genus Leucocytozoon, elongate gametocytes of L. ziemanni from naturally infected great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) were examined by electron microscopy.
Gonorrhea
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Gonorrhoea
Example Sentences:
(1) One hundred consecutive patients with uncomplicated gonorrhea were treated with 800 mg of cefixime.
(2) This test for antibody was performed on the sera of women who were exposed to N. gonorrhoeae but who did not become infected, of patients with various types of genital infection with N. gonorrhoeae, and of a small number of individuals with no history of gonorrhea.
(3) The paired cervical and rectal isolates from one patient with uncomplicated gonorrhea differed only with respect to a requirement for hypoxanthine.
(4) To evaluate the association of genital herpes, genital warts, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis with the occurrence of subsequent tubal infertility, 321 women who had tubal infertility were interviewed concerning their history of these sexually transmitted diseases (STD).
(5) It was concluded that in treatment of gonorrhea kanamycin should be administered intramuscularly in a dose of 1 g every 12 hours or in a dose of 0.5 g every 6 hours, the course dose being 3 g.
(6) We examined age-, sex-, and race-specific gonorrhea cases and rates to determine whether the national trend has been occurring in all population groups.
(7) Gonorrhea is the most prevalent communicable disease in the United States and the incidence of anorectal involvement is high.
(8) The risk of tubal pregnancy in women who reported a history of gonorrhea, relative to that in other women, was 5.1.
(9) While sexually active adults, who carry Neisseria gonorrhea may serve as a reservoir of infection even when asymptomatic, there are few data documenting the frequency of the asymptomatic carrier state in adolescent males.
(10) Ninety-seven asymptomatic 16-21-year-old sexually active adolescent males were evaluated for gonorrhea and chlamydia by culture, chlamydia enzyme immunoassay, and an analysis of a random urine sample for pyuria using centrifuged urine and urine cytometer.
(11) Gonorrhea was present in 25 (4.7%) of the 532 children, and other sexually transmitted diseases were identified in nine children.
(12) Research into the role of Chlamydia trachomatis in both NGU and salpingitis (the most frequent type of complicated gonorrhea for women) is underway.
(13) The attack rate for patients having an episode of gonorrhea in the 12-month period immediately preceding the trial bore a direct relation to the outcome of therapy.
(14) The most frequent systemic complication of acute, untreated gonorrhea is disseminated infection, which develops in 0.5 to 3 percent of the more than 700,000 Americans infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae each year.
(15) The majority of STD cases reported involved chlamydia and gonorrhea, followed by herpes.
(16) In the case of a young man with suspected or proven gonorrhea or a young female outpatient with pelvic inflammatory disease, only 19% and 20% respectively stated that they would prescribe a regimen appropriate for both penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis.
(17) Qat is also believed to have medicinal value, being used locally to treat influenza, gonorrhea and asthma.
(18) Since the early 1980s the incidence of gonorrhea has been declining worldwide, as well as in Israel.
(19) Fifty percent of Neisseria Gonorrhea cultured were penicillinase producers.
(20) For 4 months in 1989, health care practitioners screened 179 pregnant Vietnamese refugees who visited the antenatal booking clinic in Hong Kong for syphilis and gonorrhea.