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Descriptor English: Prosthesis-Related Infections
Descriptor Spanish: Infecciones Relacionadas con Prótesis
Descriptor infecciones relacionadas con prótesis
Entry term(s) infecciones protésicas
infecciones relacionadas con implantes protésicos
infección asociada a prótesis
infección relacionada con prótesis
Scope note: Infecciones que resultan de la implantación de dispositivos protésicos. Las infecciones pueden adquirirse por contaminación intraoperatoria (temprana) o por diseminación por vía hematógena desde otras zonas (tardía).
Descriptor Portuguese: Infecções Relacionadas à Prótese
Descriptor French: Infections dues aux prothèses
Entry term(s): Infection, Prosthesis Related
Infections, Prosthesis-Related
Prosthesis Related Infection
Prosthesis Related Infections
Prosthesis-Related Infection
Related Infection, Prosthesis
Related Infections, Prosthesis
Tree number(s): C01.685
C23.550.767.868
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016459
Scope note: Infections resulting from the implantation of prosthetic devices. The infections may be acquired from intraoperative contamination (early) or hematogenously acquired from other sites (late).
Annotation: coord IM with specific infect (IM) and specific prosthesis /adv eff (IM), as EYE, ARTIFICIAL /adv eff; infect by biofilm: coord IM with BIOFILMS (IM) but see note there
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Infection (1966-1991)
specific prosthesis/adverse effects (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Entry Version: PROSTHESIS RELAT INFECT
Related: Biofilms MeSH
DeCS ID: 29867
Unique ID: D016459
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/03
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Prosthesis-Related Infections - Preferred
Concept UI M0025145
Scope note Infections resulting from the implantation of prosthetic devices. The infections may be acquired from intraoperative contamination (early) or hematogenously acquired from other sites (late).
Preferred term Prosthesis-Related Infections
Entry term(s) Infection, Prosthesis Related
Infections, Prosthesis-Related
Prosthesis Related Infection
Prosthesis Related Infections
Prosthesis-Related Infection
Related Infection, Prosthesis
Related Infections, Prosthesis



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