Community-Acquired Infections
"Community-Acquired Infections" 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 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.
| Descriptor ID |
D017714
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.234
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| Concept/Terms |
Community-Acquired Infections- Community-Acquired Infections
- Community Acquired Infections
- Infections, Community-Acquired
- Community-Acquired Infection
- Infection, Community-Acquired
- Infections, Community Acquired
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Community-Acquired Infections" by people in Profiles.
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SENTINEL1: Two-Season Study of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalizations among U.S. Infants Born at 29 to 35 Weeks' Gestational Age Not Receiving Immunoprophylaxis. Am J Perinatol. 2020 03; 37(4):421-429.
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Outcomes associated with the use of a revised risk assessment strategy to predict antibiotic resistance in community-onset pneumonia: a stewardship perspective. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018 09 01; 73(9):2555-2558.
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Assessing guideline-concordant prescribing for community-acquired pneumonia. Int J Clin Pharm. 2017 Aug; 39(4):674-678.
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Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Am Fam Physician. 2015 Sep 15; 92(6):474-83.
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Is obesity a risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection? Obes Res Clin Pract. 2015 Jan-Feb; 9(1):50-4.
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Clostridium difficile infection in children: a comprehensive review. Curr Med Res Opin. 2013 Aug; 29(8):967-84.
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Community-acquired pneumonia: judicious use of antibiotics or treatment failure? Hosp Pediatr. 2013 Apr; 3(2):180-1.
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Guideline-concordant antibiotic therapy and clinical outcomes in healthcare-associated pneumonia. Respir Med. 2012 Nov; 106(11):1606-12.
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Comparison of laboratory diagnostic procedures for detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in community outbreaks. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 May 01; 48(9):1244-9.
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Initial antibiotic selection and patient outcomes: observations from the National Pneumonia Project. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Dec 01; 47 Suppl 3:S193-201.