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Emergency medicine, Infectious disease. A needlestick injury is the penetration of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object that has been in contact with blood, tissue or other body fluids before the exposure. [ 1] Even though the acute physiological effects of a needlestick injury are generally negligible, these injuries can lead ...
Oblique section through the cavernous sinus. Cavernous sinus thrombosis ( CST) is the formation of a blood clot within the cavernous sinus, a cavity at the base of the brain which drains deoxygenated blood from the brain back to the heart. This is a rare disorder and can be of two types–septic cavernous thrombosis and aseptic cavernous ...
Diphtheria is an infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. [ 2] Most infections are asymptomatic or have a mild clinical course, but in some outbreaks, the mortality rate approaches 10%. [ 1] Signs and symptoms may vary from mild to severe, [ 1] and usually start two to five days after exposure. [ 2]
Infectious disease. A hospital-acquired infection, also known as a nosocomial infection (from the Greek nosokomeion, meaning "hospital"), is an infection that is acquired in a hospital or other healthcare facility. [ 1] To emphasize both hospital and nonhospital settings, it is sometimes instead called a healthcare-associated infection. [ 2]
Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral infection characterized by painful lesions. It’s spread by direct contact with an infected person, animal or contaminated items like clothing or ...
MERS-CoV is a virus in the coronavirus family believed to be originally from bats. [ 1] However, humans are typically infected from camels, either during direct contact or indirectly through respiratory droplets. [ 1] Spread between humans typically requires close contact with an infected person. [ 1]
These types are typically spread by sustained direct skin-to-skin contact, with vaginal and anal sex being the most common methods. [4] HPV infection can also spread from a mother to baby during pregnancy . [ 10 ]
Bloodstream infections ( BSIs) are infections of blood caused by blood-borne pathogens. [ 1] The detection of microbes in the blood (most commonly accomplished by blood cultures [ 2]) is always abnormal. A bloodstream infection is different from sepsis, which is characterized by severe inflammatory or immune responses of the host organism to ...