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Campylobacter infection: image from Wikimedia Commons Digestive system

Campylobacter infection

Infectious · Acute

A common bacterial cause of food poisoning.

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US Navy -N- G- Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Flowers administers chest compressions to a simulated cardiac arrest victim Cardiovascular system

Cardiac arrest

Non-infectious · Acute

The heart suddenly stops pumping blood effectively.

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A very large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion due to malignancy as seen on ultrasound Cardiovascular system

Cardiac tamponade

Non-infectious · Acute

Fluid around the heart that squeezes it and stops it filling.

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