infection
111Sexual Transmitted Infection — Infection sexuellement transmissible Une infection sexuellement transmissible (IST), ou au Québec une infection transmise sexuellement et par le sang (ITSS), est une maladie infectieuse qui se transmet entre partenaires au cours de différentes… …
112Parvovirus infection — Infection with one of a family of small single stranded DNA viruses. (Parvovirus means small virus, from the Latin parvus, small.) One type, parvovirus B19, infects only humans. There are also animal parvoviruses, but they do not infect humans. A …
113Racoon roundworm infection — Infection by the raccoon roundworm is also called Baylisascaris. The species commonly found in raccoonsis Baylisascaris procyonis. When infective eggs of this roundworm are ingested by humans, Baylisascaris larvae hatch in the intestine and… …
114Pseudomonas infection — Infection usually with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the versatile blue green pus bacteria that opportunistically infects people, especially those who are immunocompromised. Pseudomonas rarely causes infection in healthy individuals but it is a major… …
115Staphylococcal infection — Infection with one of the Staphylococcal bacteria. Staph infection can cause pus filled abscesses on the skin or internal organs, and can migrate through the blood to infect the heart, meninges, and other areas. Treatment is with antibiotics and… …
116Viral infection — Infection caused by the presence of a virus in the body. Depending on the virus and the person’s state of health, various viruses can infect almost any type of body tissue, from the brain to the skin. Viral infections cannot be treated with… …
117perinatal infection — infection in the newborn acquired shortly before or during delivery, due to ascending infection following rupture of the membranes or contact with microorganisms in the birth canal during delivery …
118subclinical infection — infection in which symptoms and signs are not detectable by clinical examination or laboratory tests; this may be in an early stage of the infection, with symptoms and signs becoming manifest later, or the symptoms and signs may never become… …
119transplacental infection — infection acquired by the fetus in utero by the hematogenous spread of a maternal infection across the placenta via the chorionic villi; called also hematogenous i …
120microsporidial infection — infection of fish with any sporozoan member of the Protozoa considered to be a microsporidian …
