wound infection
Injured tissue's complication
A wound infection occurs when bacteria or other pathogens invade damaged tissue, causing inflammation, pus, fever, or delayed healing.
The term covers everything from minor cuts that become red and swollen to serious surgical site infections requiring hospitalization: The doctor prescribed antibiotics for the wound infection.
- abscessLocalized pus collection
- cellulitisSubcutaneous bacterial infection
- MRSADrug-resistant staph infection
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- suppuratingForming and discharging pus
festering · bacteria · biofilm · drainage tube · necrosis · debridement · skin graft · staph · stitches · laceration · ulcer · deep tissue · redness · pus · bandage · throbbing · gash · putrid
- skin conditionseczema, psoriasis, hives, dermatitis, rash
- infectionsbacteremia, septicemia, viremia, polio, hepatitis
- Fever Causesflu, cold, COVID, malaria, pneumonia
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
- complicationscomplication, bleeding, paralysis, hemorrhage, sepsis
- Hospital InfectionsMRSA, superbug, superinfection, antibiotic resistance
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