| AIS | Abbreviated Injury Scale; amniotic infection syndrome; androgen insensitivity syndrome; anterior int... |
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| ANLI | antibody-negative with latent infection |
| APIC | Association for Practitioners in Infection Control |
| AVRI | acute viral respiratory infection |
| BSI | behavior status inventory; blood stream infection; borderline syndrome index; bound serum iron; brai... |
| cross infection | <microbiology> Infection transmitted between individuals infected with different pathogenic microorganisms. Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| cryptogenic infection | Bacterial, viral, or other infection, the source of which is unknown. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pregnancy danger from urinary tract infection | A pregnant woman who develops a uti should be treated promptly to avoid premature delivery of her baby and other risks such as high blood pressure. Some antibiotics are not safe to take during pregnancy. In selecting the best treatment, doctors consider various factors such as the drug's effectiveness, the stage of pregnancy, the mother's health, and potential effects on the foetus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| primary HIV infection | <infectious disease> The flu-like syndrome that oc immediately after a person contracts HIV. This mini infection precedes seroconversion and is characterised fever, sore throat, headache, skin rash and swollen glands. (06 Mar 1998) |
| Salinem infection | Infection with Leptospira pyrogenes, reported in Salinem. Synonym: Salinem infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalp infection | An infection external to the galea; e.g., folliculitis or cellulitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| screw worm infection | Infection with larvae of the blow fly cochliomyia hominivorax (callitroga americanum), a common cause of disease in livestock in the southern and southwestern u.s.a. (12 Dec 1998) |
| secondary infection | An infection, usually septic, occurring in a person or animal already suffering from an infection of another nature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal infection | An infection occurring in the puerperium or postpartum period. (12 Dec 1998) |
| self-infection | 1. Reinfection by microbes or parasitic organisms on or within the body that have already passed through an infective cycle, such as a succession of boils, or a new infective cycle with production of a new generation of larvae and adults, as by the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis or the cestode Hymenolepsis nana. 2. Self-infection by direct contagion as with parasite eggs passed in the infectious state transmitted by fingernails (anal-oral route), as with the pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis. Synonym: autoreinfection, self-infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyogenic infection | Infection characterised by severe local inflammation, usually with pus formation, generally caused by one of the pyogenic bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nail infection, fungal | The most common fungus infection of the nails is onychomycosis. Onychomycosis makes the nails look white and opaque, thickened, and brittle. Older women (perhaps because oestrogen deficiency may increase the risk of infection). And men and women with diabetes or disease of the small blood vessels (peripheral vacscular disease) are at increased risk. Artificial nails (acrylic or wraps ) increase the risk because when an artificial nail is applied, the nail surface is usually abraded with an emery board damaging it, emery boards can carry infection, and. Water can collect under the nail creating a moist, warm environment for fungal growth. Alternative names include tinea unguium and ringworm of the nails. (12 Dec 1998) |
| natural focus of infection | An ecosystem in which an infectious agent normally persists in nature; e.g., yellow fever virus in a jungle monkey-Haemagogus mosquito ecosystem. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subclinical infection | <epidemiology> An infection in which symptoms are sufficiently mild or inapparent to escape diagnosis other than by positive confirmation of the ability to transmit the infection or serologically. (05 Dec 1998) |
| nosocomial infection | <microbiology> Hospital acquired infection: commonest are due to Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. Coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Serratia marcescens and Proteus mirabilis. (18 Nov 1997) |