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omphalitis

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omphalitis [‚äm·fə′līd·əs]
(medicine)
Inflammation of the umbilicus.
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The steps performed from moment the cord is cut with a sterile blade, to the antibiotic applied to prevent infection, to the need to keep the cord dry, are all precautions aimed at preventing the serious condition of omphalitis.
Caring for Your Baby’s Umbilical Cord by Connie Limon / Health, general community
The second case involved another infant, also born in November 2002, who was readmitted to the hospital 4 days later for treatment of omphalitis.
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ... by Quale, John / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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