WordNet

(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (同)contagion, transmission
spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis (同)streptococci, strep

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Organizing empyema induced in mice by Streptococcus pneumoniae: effects of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 deficiency.

Tucker TA1, Jeffers A2, Boren J2, Quaid B2, Owens S2, Koenig KB2, Tsukasaki Y2, Florova G2, Komissarov AA2, Ikebe M2, Idell S2.
Clinical and translational medicine.Clin Transl Med.2016 Dec;5(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s40169-016-0097-2. Epub 2016 May 13.
BACKGROUND: Pleural infection affects about 65,000 patients annually in the US and UK. In this and other forms of pleural injury, mesothelial cells (PMCs) undergo a process called mesothelial (Meso) mesenchymal transition (MT), by which PMCs acquire a profibrogenic phenotype with increased expressio
PMID 27271877

Differences in CD8αα and cecal microbiome community during proliferation and late cytolytic phases of Marek's disease virus infection are associated with genetic resistance to Marek's disease.

Perumbakkam S1, Hunt HD2, Cheng HH3.
FEMS microbiology ecology.FEMS Microbiol Ecol.2016 Dec;92(12). pii: fiw188. Epub 2016 Sep 7.
Marek's disease (MD) is an important neoplastic disease of chickens caused by Marek ': s disease virus (MDV), a highly oncogenic alphaherpesvirus. In this study using two chicken lines, one resistant and another susceptible to MD, splenic T cells and cecal microbiome were profiled to gain a better u
PMID 27604255

A case report of bacteremia manifesting as an overwhelming postsplenectomy infection due to Streptococcus pneumoniae post vaccination.

Hirose K1, Okabe H1,2, Yoshizumi T3, Uchiyama H1, Ikegami T1, Harimoto N1, Itoh S1, Kimura K1, Baba H2, Maehara Y1.
Surgical case reports.Surg Case Rep.2016 Dec;2(1):48. doi: 10.1186/s40792-016-0173-2. Epub 2016 May 25.
A 62-year-old woman was admitted for acute epigastralgia and high-grade fever of over 39 °C. The patient had undergone splenectomy for idiopathic portal hypertension 1 year ago and vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae immediately post operation. She developed localized peritoneal irritati
PMID 27221131