phylaxis


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Related to phylaxis: anaphylaxis, tachyphylaxis

phylaxis

(faɪˈlæksɪs)
n
(Medicine) med medical term for protection against infection
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phy·lax·is

n. filaxis, autodefensa del organismo.
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The term comes from two Greek words: ana (against) and phylaxis (protection).
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Although most women rarely need urological work up prior to starting a prevention plan, a urological work up is recommended in women who do not respond to a treatment plan, such as daily pro phylaxis, or who revert to infection patterns after stopping prophylaxis treatment (Schaeffer et al., 2016).
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Many adult hepatologists already do this routinely for those women with chronic HBV infection with risk factors for vertical transmission pro phylaxis failure when they become pregnant.
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The term "anaphylaxis" has been firstly used in 1902, by Portier and Richet, to describe a dog death following a second vaccine containing sea anemone, derived from Greek "ana" (against) and "phylaxis" (protection) [6].
Histopathology findings in anaphylaxis shock
Is antibiotic pro- phylaxis in surgery a generally effective intervention.
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Primaquine: report from CDC expert meeting on malaria chemopro phylaxis I.
Genetic analysis of primaquine tolerance in a patient with relapsing vivax malaria
Acids- bases have been continuously ordered for the phylaxis of their normal Ph.
The effects of the application of glycerol and fatique in acute exercise and acid-base eguilibrium and blood gases
Pro phylaxis would continue only for the first 90 days of life as it occurs within that time flame.
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