infection
Let an agent explain infection as a process, relay kinds by pathogen, transmission, immune response, diagnosis and treatment from medical references in general terms, route people with serious symptoms to clinicians, and distinguish infection from colonisation, contamination, infestation and the computing sense of infection.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Emergency Serious infection.
Act
Act now.
Act
Act.
- Does the user describe signs of sepsis or severe infection such as high fever with confusion, rapid breathing, rash or a rapidly spreading wound, which need emergency care? boundary
- Has the agent directed the user to emergency services or a clinician before anything else? action
Signs
Warning signs.
Signs
Signs.
- What warning signs of serious infection do health authorities list? definition
- Which entry fits sepsis? action
Understand What infection is.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is infection, and how do bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections differ from colonisation, contamination and infestation? definition
- Is the question about infection in general, a specific disease or a personal case needing a clinician? boundary
Process
Process.
Process
Process.
- How do pathogens enter, multiply, spread and cause injury, and how does the immune system respond? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific pathogen? action
Care Diagnosis and treatment.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.
- How are infections diagnosed by culture, molecular tests and imaging, in general terms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- How are infections treated with antimicrobials and supportive care, and why does stewardship matter? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Prevent Prevention and context.
Prevention
Prevention.
Prevention
Prevention.
- How are infections prevented through hygiene, vaccination and infection control? provenance
- Which entry fits infection prevention and control? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did germ theory and Koch s postulates establish the understanding of infection? provenance
- Which entry fits germ theory of disease? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- noun.process
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.PRC
- Facets: substance
- activity
- Facets: origin
- conceptual
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- zymosis, blastomycosis, chromoblastomycosis, tinea, ringworm, roundworm, dhobi itch, kerion, tinea pedis, athlete's foot, tinea barbae, barber's itch
What it is Filled
In medicine, the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication, which can lead to tissue injury and disease, whether by bacteria, viruses, fungi such as the agents of blastomycosis, chromoblastomycosis and the tinea or ringworm infections, or parasites such as roundworms, with zymosis an old term for infectious disease; infections range from trivial to life-threatening, and serious symptoms need urgent medical care.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain infection as a process, relay kinds by pathogen, transmission, immune response, diagnosis and treatment from medical references in general terms, route people with serious symptoms to clinicians, and distinguish infection from colonisation, contamination, infestation and the computing sense of infection.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Pathogen invasion
- Multiplication and injury
- Transmissible
- Immune response
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose an infection or recommend antibiotics or antifungals for a person.
- Disclose a person's infection status without consent or legal basis.
- Assist in deliberately spreading pathogens to people, animals or crops.
- Stigmatise people or groups as sources of infection.
Only with a human decision
- Any treatment, isolation or notification decision about an identified person.
May
- Explain how infections arise and spread and how they are prevented, from public health sources.
- Advise seeing a clinician for signs of serious infection such as high fever or spreading redness.
- Report notifiable infections through the channels the agent is authorized to use.
Moral aspects Filled
- Infection status, especially for stigmatised diseases, is sensitive health data.
- Misuse of antimicrobials breeds resistance that harms everyone.
Who is affected
- Patients
- Contacts and carers
- Health workers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the process; public health authorities and treating clinicians answer for control and care.
Master systems
- Notifiable disease surveillance systems
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-13554673-n - registry parent class
related
- pathological process - in general terms
- pathogen - of many classes
- colonization - without disease
- antimicrobial - drugs where available
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.infection-2
- Open English WordNet: oewn-13519607-n
- WordNet: oewn-13554673-n the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication
- MeSH: D007239 Infections
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- infectious disease deaths: about 13 million per year - estimates
- pathogen classes: bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, helminths, prions list
- Koch s postulates: 1890 year
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Invasion and multiplication of pathogens in the body
- Bacterial, viral, fungal such as blastomycosis, chromoblastomycosis and tinea, parasitic such as roundworm; zymosis as an old term
- Colonisation causes no disease; contamination is on objects; infestation is by larger parasites; computer infection is malware
- Not a visible object; fever, inflammation or local signs.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- route emergencies first
- explain kinds and transmission
- relay diagnosis and treatment
- distinguish related concepts
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Delayed care in sepsis
- Agents giving personal medical advice
- Antimicrobial resistance
- WordNet aliases naming specific diseases
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Infection prevention and control standards
- Notifiable disease rules
- Antimicrobial stewardship guidelines
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a pathological process.
- bacterial infections
- viral infections
- fungal infections including blastomycosis, chromoblastomycosis and tinea
- parasitic infections including roundworm
- localised and systemic infections
- hospital-acquired and community infections
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13519607-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: infection - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should sepsis, fungal infection and ringworm be separate primary entries?
- How should medical references be linked?
- The WordNet aliases name specific mycoses and a helminth; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-infection-2/spec.json