| Descriptor English: | Community-Acquired Infections | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Infecciones Comunitarias Adquiridas
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Infections communautaires | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Acquired Infection, Community Acquired Infections, Community Community Acquired Infection Community Acquired Infections Community-Acquired Infection Infection, Community Acquired Infection, Community-Acquired Infections, Community Acquired Infections, Community-Acquired |
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| Tree number(s): |
C01.234 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017714 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Any infection acquired in the community, that is, contrasted with those acquired in a health care facility (CROSS INFECTION). An infection would be classified as community-acquired if the patient had not recently been in a health care facility or been in contact with someone who had been recently in a health care facility. |
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| Annotation: | contrasted with hospital- or other health facil-acquired ( = CROSS INFECTION); IM GEN only; coord NIM with specific community-acquired infect (IM), if discussed |
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| 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 |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 94 |
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| History Note: | 94 |
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| Entry Version: | COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECT |
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| Related: |
Cross Infection
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| DeCS ID: | 31549 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D017714 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1994/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1993/06/18 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2020/05/27 |
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DISEASES
Infections [C01]Infections
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Community-Acquired Infections
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| Concept UI |
M0026784 |
| Scope note | Any infection acquired in the community, that is, contrasted with those acquired in a health care facility (CROSS INFECTION). An infection would be classified as community-acquired if the patient had not recently been in a health care facility or been in contact with someone who had been recently in a health care facility. |
| Preferred term | Community-Acquired Infections |
| Entry term(s) |
Acquired Infection, Community Acquired Infections, Community Community Acquired Infection Community Acquired Infections Community-Acquired Infection Infection, Community Acquired Infection, Community-Acquired Infections, Community Acquired Infections, Community-Acquired |
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