"Cross Infection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution.
Descriptor ID |
D003428
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MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.248 C23.550.291.875.500
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Concept/Terms |
Cross Infection- Cross Infection
- Health Care Associated Infections
- Infection, Cross
- Cross Infections
- Infections, Cross
- Health Care Associated Infection
- Healthcare Associated Infections
- Healthcare Associated Infection
- Infection, Healthcare Associated
- Infections, Healthcare Associated
Infections, Hospital- Infections, Hospital
- Hospital Infection
- Infection, Hospital
- Infections, Nosocomial
- Infection, Nosocomial
- Nosocomial Infection
- Nosocomial Infections
- Hospital Infections
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2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cross Infection" by people in Profiles.
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Norovirus Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 05; 64(5):1097-103.
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Infectious Diarrhea: Norovirus and Clostridium difficile in Older Adults. Clin Geriatr Med. 2016 08; 32(3):509-22.
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Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation of fever and infection in older adult residents of long-term care facilities: 2008 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Mar; 57(3):375-94.
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Increasing incidence of clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in African-American and Hispanic patients: association with the use of proton pump inhibitor therapy. J Natl Med Assoc. 2007 May; 99(5):500-4.
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Challenges in using the Arden Syntax for computer-based nosocomial infection surveillance. Proc AMIA Symp. 2001; 289-93.