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Infaq al-Maysur
Infaq al-Maysur is an Arabic chronicle of West Africa and the Sokoto jihad written by Sultan Muhammad Bello, second caliph of Sokoto, ruling from 1817 to 1837.
Infarction
Infarction: localized tissue necrosis from ischemia due to blocked blood supply, usually thrombus or embolus. Covers white and red infarcts, myocardial and cerebral infarction, MI definitions, and reperfusion treatment windows.
Infarction of liver
Infarction of liver, or hepatic infarction, is death of liver tissue from reduced blood supply through the hepatic artery, the portal vein, or both, and is rare.
Infare
Infare is a Copenhagen-based Danish company founded in 2000 that collects and analyzes competitor airfare data for airlines; it became part of UK flight data provider OAG in 2023.
Infarm
Infarm is a Berlin-based vertical farming startup founded in 2013 by Osnat Michaeli and the brothers Erez and Guy Galonska, which sold modular in-store growing units to supermarkets.
Infatuation
Infatuation: intense passion toward a specific person in the early stages of romantic love, also called passionate love or limerence. Marked by intrusive thoughts, idealization, and exclusivity; from Latin infatuare, "make a fool of."
Infected epidermoid cyst
Infected epidermoid cyst (ICD-11 EK70.00), also called infected sebaceous or epidermal inclusion cyst: a keratin-filled skin cyst secondarily infected, usually by Staphylococcus aureus; most red, swollen cysts are actually sterile inflammation from rupture, treated by incision and drainage.
Infected hydrocele
Infected hydrocele, also called pyocele, is an infected, inflamed hydrocele sac around the testis (ICD-11 GB00.1, ICD-10 N43.1), usually arising from orchitis, epididymitis, or abscess, treated with antibiotics and surgery or drainage.
Infected ingrowing toenail
Infected ingrowing toenail (ICD-11 EE13.11, onychocryptosis with infection): nail plate pierces the nail fold, causing pain, pus, and inflammation; treated with soaks, antibiotics, and nail surgery with phenolisation.
Infected Mushroom (פטריה נגועה)
Infected Mushroom (פטריה נגועה), Israeli psytrance duo of Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani, formed 1996 in Haifa, LA-based since 2004; albums The Gathering through IM30, twice DJ Mag top-10.
Infection
Infection: invasion and multiplication of pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites) in a host. Covers germ theory (Pasteur, Koch), host immune response, sepsis, CDC isolation precautions, and WHO surveillance of respiratory infections.
Infection Control
Infection control, or infection prevention and control (IPC), is the discipline of practices preventing infection spread in healthcare settings, built on Standard Precautions for all patients and Transmission-Based Precautions (contact, droplet, airborne) for known or suspected infections.
Infection of amputation stump
Infection of amputation stump (stump infection) is infection of the residual limb after amputation, coded ICD-11 NE85.4 and ICD-10 T87.4. Rates range from about 11% to 60% by setting; risks include crushing injury, transtibial level, and prolonged prosthesis wear.
Infection of obstetric surgical wound
Infection of obstetric surgical wound is infection of a surgical incision made during childbirth surgery, most often a cesarean section wound, occurring in about 5.6% of cesarean deliveries.
Infection of spleen
Infection of spleen (ICD-11 3B81.7), chiefly splenic abscess and acute septic splenitis: rare bacterial, fungal, or parasitic splenic infection, 0.1–0.7% incidence, treated with antibiotics, percutaneous drainage, or splenectomy.
Infection with covert mortality nodavirus
Infection with covert mortality nodavirus (CMNV), also called viral covert mortality disease, is an alphanodavirus disease of shrimp and some crustaceans and finfish, causing up to 80% mortality; not WOAH-listed, an emerging disease 2022 to 2025.
Infection with infectious salmon anaemia virus
Infection with infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV, Isavirus salaris), a WOAH-listed orthomyxovirus disease of Atlantic salmon; avirulent HPR0 versus virulent HPRΔ variants, first outbreak Norway 1984, now in most salmon-farming countries.
Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the tubercle bacillus; airborne infection usually becoming latent TB, with 5-10% progressing to tuberculosis disease; global burden, immunity, diagnosis, and treatment.
Infection with tilapia lake virus
Infection with tilapia lake virus (TiLV disease, syncytial hepatitis of tilapia): a WOAH-listed contagious RNA virus disease of farmed and wild tilapia causing 10–90% mortality, liver and brain lesions, spread by horizontal and vertical transmission, with no commercial vaccine.
Infection-related hemolytic uremic syndrome
Infection-related (typical, post-diarrheal) hemolytic uremic syndrome: a thrombotic microangiopathy with thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, and kidney injury, caused mainly by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in children.
Infections in the puerperium
Infections in the puerperium are bacterial infections of the genital tract or surrounding tissues after childbirth, in the six weeks during which the uterus returns to its original size.
Infections of kidney in pregnancy
Infections of kidney in pregnancy (ICD-11 JA62.0), chiefly acute pyelonephritis, occur in 1–2% of pregnancies, peak in the second trimester, require inpatient IV antibiotics with a 14-day course, and recur in up to 25% before delivery.
Infections of the lacrimal gland
Infections of the lacrimal gland (infectious dacryoadenitis): viral, mainly Epstein-Barr virus, or bacterial, mainly Staphylococcus aureus including MRSA; abscess may need drainage with IV antibiotics.
Infectious anterior uveitis
Infectious anterior uveitis is inflammation of the eye's anterior segment, the iris and adjacent structures, caused by an active infection requiring antimicrobial or antiviral treatment.
Infectious blepharitis
Infectious blepharitis, ICD-11 9A01.3 (感染性眼瞼炎), is bacterial infection of the eyelid margin causing itching, tearing, and lash crusting; spread by contact, endogenous spread, or fomites, and treated with lid hygiene plus antibiotics.
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis (IBR/IPV), also red nose disease, is a WOAH-notifiable cattle disease caused by bovine herpesvirus 1, causing respiratory and genital disease with lifelong latency.
Infectious bronchitis virus D-RNA
Infectious bronchitis virus D-RNAs (defective RNAs CD-91, CD-61) are shortened IBV avian coronavirus RNAs replicated by helper virus; deletion mutagenesis mapped cis-acting replication signals to the 5' 544 nt and 3' 338 nt, including an essential 3' UTR stem-loop.
Infectious bursal disease
Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease, IBD) is a highly contagious immunosuppressive viral disease of young chickens caused by IBDV, a birnavirus first identified in Gumboro, Delaware, in 1962; serotype 1 causes disease, controlled by vaccination.
Infectious bursitis
Infectious (septic) bursitis, ICD-11 FB50.0, is bursal inflammation caused by an infectious agent, usually Staphylococcus aureus, most often at the olecranon or prepatellar bursa, diagnosed by aspiration and treated with anti-staphylococcal antibiotics.
Infectious cystitis
Infectious cystitis (ICD-11 GC00.1), bladder inflammation caused by microbes, usually E. coli ascending the urethra; the most common UTI, with dysuria, urgency, frequency, and hematuria, treated with nitrofurantoin or fosfomycin.