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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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)...

Portuguese fómite or fômite, retain the full stem. Focal infection theory Focus of infection Vector (epidemiology) Cramer, Lorraine (1 September 2011)...

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...

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...

density of usage including both groups of cattle-owners and the wild animals. By May 1896, the vast Clober farm had become a focus of infection with immediate...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

"focus of infection" would be used to describe sites, such as the Broad Street pump, in which conditions are good for transmission of an infection. John...

WD: The human mouth as a focus of infection. Dent Cosmos 1891; 33:689, 789, 913. Pallasch, TJ; Wahl, MJ (2003). "Focal infection: new age or ancient history...

Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis. A person becomes infected by drinking...