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Infections > Community-Acquired Infections

Preferred term

Community-Acquired Infections  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Acquired Infection, Community
  • Acquired Infections, Community
  • Community Acquired Infection
  • Community-Acquired Infection
  • Community Acquired Infections
  • Infection, Community Acquired
  • Infections, Community Acquired
  • Infections, Community-Acquired

Note

  • contrasted with hospital- or other health facil-acquired ( = CROSS INFECTION); IM GEN only; coord NIM with specific community-acquired infect (IM), if discussed

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.

History note

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017714

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