Infection control

A way germs spread in which tiny amounts of stool from an infected person reach another person's mouth.

A body temperature higher than normal, usually 38 °C (100.4 °F) or above.

A common childhood viral illness caused by parvovirus B19, also called erythema infectiosum.

A long, whiplike strand that moves a cell along, as on many bacteria and on a sperm cell; the plural is flagella.

Inflammation or infection of hair follicles, the small pockets in the skin that hairs grow from.

A nonliving object or surface that carries germs from one person to another, such as an instrument, bed linen or a blood pressure cuff.

An infection caused by a fungus, such as a yeast or a mold.

Able to kill fungi, such as yeasts and molds.

A living thing, such as a yeast or mold, that gets food from other matter; some kinds cause infections. The plural is fungi.