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About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.