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Unpasteurized goat cheese Brucella Laxative abuse electrolyte imbalance severe dehydration dependency stretched or "lazy" colon balantidium coli protozoa that causes GI infection, ingest cysts thru infected water or food produces hyalonuridase and creates ulcers in mucosal walls Isospora belli diarrhea, steatorrhea, malabsorption, non-bloody diarrhea Ballottement test palpating surface of an organ at the surface of the body **i.e. during pregnancy, palpating the uterus Tibial nerve can be compressed in the tarsal tunnel, roof of which is flexor retinaculum Pentoxifylline used for intermittent claudication and vascular dementia it changes the shape of RBCs Prevotella intermedia acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis periodontal infections Prophyromonas gingivalis gingivitis, periodontal disease Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans another periodontal bug enterovirus 17 notable cause of hand, foot and mouth disease Menkes syndrome inborn error where body cannot absorb copper brittle hair, metaphyseal widening