Maternal infection may occur during labor (chorioamnionitis) or after birth (postpartum endometritis). Ruptured membranes are known to be a risk factor for subsequent maternal and neonatal infection.

new bacteriophages assemble and burst out of the bacterium in a process called lysis. Bacteriophages occasionally remove a portion of their host cells' bacterial DNA during the infection process ...

Welsh Water has issued an update on the burst waterpipe, saying repair work has been completed but that water will not be ...

This makes you more prone to infection. Leukemia also makes your blood less able to clot normally when capillaries burst and bleed beneath your skin. That’s why petechiae form in leukemia.