See Also: polyadenitis(medicine)
polyadenitis maligna(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
inosine(dictionary)
Inosine(medicine)
inosine 5'-triphosphate(medicine)
inosine 5'-diphosphate(medicine)
inosine diphosphate(medicine)
inosine monophosphate(medicine)
inosine triphosphatase(medicine)

polyadenitis maligna (medicine) and Inosine (medicine)


polyadenitis maligna (medicine)


polyadenitis maligna -->
bubonic plague
<microbiology> This rare bacterial infection due to Yersinia pestis.

It can cause painful, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache and prostration 2-7 days after a flea bite. May also cause pneumonia and sepsis.

Transmitted in rodents and humans via an infected flea bite. The incubation period is 2-10 days. Yersinia infection is now rare in Western countries. Third world countries (for example India) can have epidemics of Yersinia.

Treatment with antibiotics is necessary or most individuals will die. Even with antibiotic treatment the death rate is 5%.


Inosine (medicine)


inosine


The fifth base of nucleic acids. Important because it fails to form specific pair bonds with the Other bases. In transfer RNAs, this property is used in the anticodon to allow matching of a single tRNA to several codons. PCR perfomed with primers containing inosine tolerates a limited degree of mismatch between primer and template, useful in homology probing.