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Infections > Community-Acquired Infections

Preferred term

Community-Acquired Infections  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

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

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KJP8ZSND-9

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