Infection
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Infection is invasion of the body by organisms (pathogens) that have the potential to cause disease. They may be bacterial, fungal, or viral.[1]
Circumcision infection
Circumcision is a surgical operation and amputation that creates an open surgical wound on the penis. The open wound does not heal immediately. For a period of time during and after the surgery it is subject to invasion by a wide variety of bacterial, viral, or fungal pathogens.[2] In cases of adult circumcision, erections may cause wound dehiscence (splitting open of the surgical wound) thereby increasing the risk of infection.[3]
Ritual circumcision
Professor L. Emmett Holt (1913) reported 41 cases of tuberculosis in ritually circumcised boys who had been infected by tubercular mohels, of whom 16 had died at the time of writing.[4] More recently, cases of infection of baby boys with herpes simplex have been reported. One death and brain damage in another has occurred.[5]
Urinary tract infection (UTI) after ritual circumcision has also been reported.
References
- ↑
(2012). Infection
, The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 8 January 2022. - ↑
Williams N, Kapilla, Leela. Complications of circumcision. Brit J Surg. October 1993; 80(10): 1231-6. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ↑ Kaplan, George W.. Complications of circumcision. Urol Clin N Amer. 1983; 10(08): 543-9. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ↑ Holt LE. Tuberculosis acquired through ritual circumcision. JAMA. 1913; LXI(2): 99-102. Retrieved January 2022.
- ↑
Frieden, Thomas: An open letter to the Jewish Community from the New York City Health Commissioner 
, City of New York. (13 December 2005). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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