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Descriptor English:   Community-Acquired Infections 
Descriptor Spanish:   infecciones adquiridas en la comunidad 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas 
Synonyms English:   Community Acquired Infections
Community-Acquired Infection
Infection, Community-Acquired
Infections, Community Acquired
Infections, Community-Acquired  
Tree Number:   C01.539.234
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   contrasted with hospital- or other health facil-acquired ( = CROSS INFECTION); IM GEN only; coord NIM with specific community-acquired infect (IM), if discussed
See Related English:   Cross Infection
 
History Note English:   94 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
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
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
TM transmission UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   31549 
Unique Identifier:   D017714 

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