Infection
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cardiovascular infection, communicable disease, congenital infection, ear infection, eye infection, gastrointestinal infection, laboratory accident /infection, liver infection, nervous system infection, nosocomial infection, opportunistic infection, pregnancy infection, puerperal infection, reproductive system infection, respiratory infection, secondary infection, skin infection, urinary tract infection, wound infection
Related Terms
microorganism growth, virulence
Scope Note
invasion and growth of microorganisms in body tissues, which may be clinically inapparent or result in local cellular injury; a local infection may persist and spread by extension to become an acute, subacute, or chronic clinical infection or disease state or it may become systemic when the microorganisms gain access to the lymphatic or vascular system; does not always lead to injury of the host even if the pathogen is potentially virulent.
Facts
- Infection is the invasion of the body by microorganisms that cause disease.
- Infection is the state or condition in which the body gets invaded by an infectious agent that multiplies and produces an injurious effect.
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