A focus of infection is a place containing whatever epidemiological factors are needed for transmission of an infection. Any focus of infection will have...

2013 (about 17% of all deaths). The branch of medicine that focuses on infections is referred to as infectious diseases. Infections are caused by infectious...

focal infection theory was widely accepted in medicine by the 1920s. In the theory, the focus of infection might lead to secondary infections at sites...

blood may attach to the surface of the catheter, transforming it into a focus of infection. If a central line infection is suspected in a person, blood...

health and the construction of improved sanitation facilities beginning in the mid-19th century. Later, the term "focus of infection" started to be used to...

the entry of exogenous material through mucosal sites. In consequence it is a site of, and potential focus for, infections, and is one of the chief immunocompetent...

A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection that affects a part of the urinary tract. Lower urinary tract infections may involve the bladder (cystitis)...

body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs. This initial stage of sepsis is followed by suppression of the immune system...

hospital-acquired infection, also known as a nosocomial infection (from the Greek nosokomeion, meaning "hospital"), is an infection that is acquired in...

accumulate and cluster to sites of inflammation. Being highly motile, neutrophils quickly congregate at a focus of infection, attracted by cytokines expressed...

Hookworm infection is an infection by a type of intestinal parasite known as a hookworm. Initially, itching and a rash may occur at the site of infection. Those...

Portuguese fómite or fômite, retain the full stem. Focal infection theory Focus of infection Disease vector Cramer, Lorraine (1 September 2011). "Fomites...

as the clap, is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Infection may involve the genitals, mouth, or rectum...

primary infection is surrounding the lobar fissures, either in the upper part of the lower lobe or lower part of the upper lobe. If the Ghon focus also involves...

viral infection caused by the herpes simplex virus. Herpes infections are categorized by the area of the body that is infected. The two major types of herpes...

lobbying against gay bathhouses blaming them for being a focus of infection encouraging the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), in particular HIV...

streptococcal infections are a number of infections with Streptococcus pyogenes, a group A streptococcus (GAS). S. pyogenes is a species of beta-hemolytic...

frequently unresponsive to corticosteroid therapy, but clear when the focus of infection or infestation is treated.: 81  Therefore, the best treatment is to...

H, Sickbert-Bennett EE (May 2016). "Emerging infectious diseases: Focus on infection control issues for novel coronaviruses (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-CoV...

suspected of harboring infection. Testicles, ovaries, gall bladders, stomachs, spleens, cervixes, and especially colons were suspected as the focus of infection...

number of gastric and extragastric disorders. Gastric disorders due to infection begin with gastritis, inflammation of the stomach lining. When infection is...

"Bartonella infections diagnosed in the French reference center, 2014–2019, and focus on infections in the immunocompromised". European Journal of Clinical...

treatment the infection can interfere with the immune system, and eventually progress to AIDS, sometimes taking many years. Following initial infection an individual...

behind the idea of a "childcare infection" is that a place in which many children come into contact with each other can be a focus of infection, which is a...

Post-acute infection syndromes (PAISs) or post-infectious syndromes are medical conditions characterized by symptoms attributed to a prior infection. While...

(hRSV) and human orthopneumovirus, is a contagious virus that causes infections of the respiratory tract. It is a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus...

with or without pneumonia, or localised abscess or other focus of infection. The presence of non-specific signs and symptoms has caused melioidosis to...

are resistant to the carbapenem class of antibiotics, considered the drugs of last resort for such infections. They are resistant because they produce...

by chronic mycoplasmal infections occur gradually and are both morphological and genetic. The first visual sign of infection is when the cells gradually...

condition in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. Without treatment...