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Descriptor
English
:
Infection
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Infección
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Infecção
Tree Number:
C01.539
Definition
English
:
Invasion of the host organism by microorganisms that can cause pathological conditions or diseases.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
general only as concept of
disease
caused by microorganisms; many texts saying "infection" & many saying "sepsis" mean
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
: check text but note that
SEPSIS
is available; "infectious disease" can be
INFECTION
but is more likely
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
;
policy
: Manual 22.12-.19, 23.12+; relation to microorganisms: Manual 22.11-.19 & TN 209;
/drug therapy
: consider also
ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS
& its specific groups; /prev =
INFECTION CONTROL
but see note there
Entry Combination - descr/qualif
English
:
Infection
/
prevention & control
use
Infection Control
See Related
English
:
Anti-Infective Agents
History Note
English
:
/prevention & control was INFECTION/prevention & control 1966-91
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
TM
transmission
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
7414
Unique Identifier:
D007239
Occurrence in VHL
:
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