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pathogenAny micro-organism that causes disease. Most pathogens are parasites, and the diseases they cause are incidental to their search for food or shelter inside the host. Nonparasitic organisms, such as soil bacteria or those living in the human gut and feeding on waste foodstuffs, can also become pathogenic to a person whose immune system or liver is damaged. The larger parasites that can cause disease, such as nematode worms, are not usually described as pathogens. |
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The case described in this paper meets certain definitional characterstics of MCS, such as a) effects on more than one body system; b) the occurrence of a variety of chemical, food, and biologic agent triggers at low-level concentrations; c) spreading of the incitant agents responsible for symptoms; d) progressive involvement of body systems; and e) the lack of a diagnostic or an abnormal laboratory assay. |
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