| D007562 |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome |
A rare transmissible encephalopathy most prevalent between the ages of 50 and 70 years. Affected individuals may present with sleep disturbances, personality changes, ATAXIA; APHASIA, visual loss, weakness, muscle atrophy, MYOCLONUS, progressive dementia, and death within one year of disease onset. A familial form exhibiting autosomal dominant inheritance and a new variant CJD (potentially associated with ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM) have been described. Pathological features include prominent cerebellar and cerebral cortical spongiform degeneration and the presence of PRIONS. (From N Engl J Med, 1998 Dec 31;339(27)) |
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| D003428 |
Cross Infection |
Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution. |
Hospital Infections,Nosocomial Infections,Health Care Associated Infection,Health Care Associated Infections,Healthcare Associated Infections,Infection, Cross,Infections, Hospital,Infections, Nosocomial,Cross Infections,Healthcare Associated Infection,Hospital Infection,Infection, Healthcare Associated,Infection, Hospital,Infection, Nosocomial,Infections, Cross,Infections, Healthcare Associated,Nosocomial Infection |
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| D004202 |
Disinfectants |
Substances used on inanimate objects that destroy harmful microorganisms or inhibit their activity. Disinfectants are classed as complete, destroying SPORES as well as vegetative forms of microorganisms, or incomplete, destroying only vegetative forms of the organisms. They are distinguished from ANTISEPTICS, which are local anti-infective agents used on humans and other animals. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 11th ed) |
Biocide,Disinfectant,Biocides |
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| D004203 |
Disinfection |
Rendering pathogens harmless through the use of heat, antiseptics, antibacterial agents, etc. |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D013242 |
Sterilization |
The destroying of all forms of life, especially microorganisms, by heat, chemical, or other means. |
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| D014867 |
Water |
A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) |
Hydrogen Oxide |
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| D016099 |
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal |
Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the gastrointestinal tract. |
Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal,Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery,Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgical Procedures,Procedure, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal, Surgical,Procedure, Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal, Surgical,Procedures, Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal,Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgeries,Endoscopies, Gastrointestinal,Gastrointestinal Endoscopies,Gastrointestinal Endoscopy,Gastrointestinal Surgeries, Endoscopic,Gastrointestinal Surgery, Endoscopic,Surgeries, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal,Surgery, Endoscopic Gastrointestinal |
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| D017053 |
Infection Control |
Programs of disease surveillance, generally within health care facilities, designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of infections and their causative microorganisms. |
Control, Infection |
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| D019723 |
Endoscopes |
Instruments for the visual examination of interior structures of the body. There are rigid endoscopes and flexible fiberoptic endoscopes for various types of viewing in ENDOSCOPY. |
Endoscope |
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