The inner lining of a blood vessel.
Letter: e
Formed by bacteria as a means of surviving harsh environmental conditions; it represents the bacteria in resting stage until conditions for growth are favorable. Spores are very hard to kill (e.g., not killed by alcohol). C. difficile is a spore former.
Risk factors derived from the patient either as a source of microbial contamination (e.g. bacteria from the skin, nose, mouth, intestines, remote infections) or reduced resistance to infection (e.g. diabetes, malnutrition, smoking, alcohol usage, obesity, heart insufficiencies, HIV).
Something from within ones self. For example Infections caused by the patients own flora.
Area of tissue damage of the heart.
A disease that is constantly present in a region, community, or population.
The area of synaptic contact between a motor nerve and a muscle fiber.
An accumulation of pus in a body cavity; usually in the pleural cavity, surrounding a lung as a result of a bacterial infection such as tuberculosis; the pus is often surgically drained.
Pulmonary condition characterized by over-inflation and stiffening and destruction of the alveolar walls. On exhalation, a large part of the used gas is still trapped in the stiff alveoli and fresh gasses are not in sufficient volume. There is thus a lingering difficulty of breathing.
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation