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5 days ago · An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable disease, is an illness resulting from an infection.
5 days ago · Inflammation, a response triggered by damage to living tissues. The inflammatory response functions to localize and eliminate injurious agents and to remove damaged tissue components so that the body can begin to heal. Learn more about the immune response and the causes and signs of inflammation.
2 days ago · External barriers to infection. The skin and the mucous membrane linings of the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary tracts provide the first line of defense against invasion by microbes or parasites. Skin. Human skin has a tough outer layer of cells that produce keratin. This layer of cells, which is constantly renewed from below ...
4 days ago · Factors Influencing Transmission of Infectious Agents 00:00. 3. ... Invasion and Colonization of Host Cells 00:00. Virulence Factors and Pathogenicity 00:00. 4. ...
5 days ago · Large numbers of neutrophils reach the site of injury first, sometimes within an hour after injury or infection. After the neutrophils, often 24 to 28 hours after inflammation begins, there comes another group of white blood cells, the monocytes, which eventually mature into cell-eating macrophages. Macrophages usually become more prevalent at ...
23 hours ago · Encephalopathy , acute cerebellitis , and other CNS infection-associated complications have also been found to be concurrent with rotavirus gastroenteritis. Based on these reports, direct invasion by rotavirus of the brain has been theorized . Nonetheless, the underlying disease causalities in these reports remain unknown, and to the best of ...
4 days ago · Adherence to and clinical utility of “quality indicators” for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a retrospective, multicenter study. Infection is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to presenting and discussing clinically relevant information on infectious diseases globally. Covers etiology, ...
