| multi-infection | Mixed infection with two or more varieties of microorganisms developing simultaneously. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| congenital infection: torchs syndrome | <radiology> T Toxoplasma, R Rubella, C Cytomegalic inclusion disease (CID, CMV), H Herpes, S Syphilis, transplacentally acquired, congenital infection, celery-stalk metaphyses, especially long bones, intracranial calcification, decreased growth, vascular stenosis (aorta, pulmonary artery) (12 Dec 1998) |
| multiple infection | <epidemiology> An infection in which an individual is infected by parasites of more than one species. (05 Dec 1998) |
| wound infection | Invasion of the site of trauma by pathogenic microorganisms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection | Nontuberculous infection occurring in humans. This condition is frequently associated with pulmonary disease and recently recognised as an opportunistic infection in aids patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| cryptogenic infection | Bacterial, viral, or other infection, the source of which is unknown. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |