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Descriptor English: Abscess
Descriptor Spanish: Absceso
Descriptor absceso
Entry term(s) abscesos
Scope note: Acumulación de material purulento en tejidos, órganos o espacios circunscritos, que suele asociarse a signos de infección.
Descriptor Portuguese: Abscesso
Descriptor French: Abcès
Tree number(s): C01.830.025
C23.550.470.756.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000038
Scope note: Accumulation of purulent material in tissues, organs, or circumscribed spaces, usually associated with signs of infection.
Annotation: coordinate with site (organ/disease term) + precoordinated organism/infection term; if unspecified bacterial abscess do not coordinate with BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (since most abscesses are bacterial) but coordinate with specific bacterial infection term if given (as ABSCESS + STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CI induit chimiquement
CL classification
CN congénital
CO complications
DG imagerie diagnostique
DH diétothérapie
DI diagnostic
DT traitement médicamenteux
EC économie
EH ethnologie
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
EP épidémiologie
ET étiologie
GE génétique
HI histoire
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
MO mortalité
NU soins infirmiers
PA anatomopathologie
PC prévention et contrôle
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
PX psychologie
RH rééducation et réadaptation
RT radiothérapie
SU chirurgie
TH thérapie
TM transmission
UR urine
VE médecine vétérinaire
VI virologie
Related: Empyème MeSH
DeCS ID: 41
Unique ID: D000038
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/08/01
Abcès - Preferred
Concept UI M0000059
Preferred term Abcès



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