 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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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2015 | 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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Pakyz AL, Patterson JA, Motzkus-Feagans C, Hohmann SF, Edmond MB, Lapane KL. Performance of the present-on-admission indicator for Clostridium difficile infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Jul; 36(7):838-40.
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Cavallazzi R, El-Kersh K, Abu-Atherah E, Singh S, Loke YK, Wiemken T, Ramirez J. Midregional proadrenomedullin for prognosis in community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review. Respir Med. 2014 Nov; 108(11):1569-80.
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Rothberg MB, Haessler S, Lagu T, Lindenauer PK, Pekow PS, Priya A, Skiest D, Zilberberg MD. Outcomes of patients with healthcare-associated pneumonia: worse disease or sicker patients? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Oct; 35 Suppl 3:S107-15.
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Leyenaar JK, Lagu T, Shieh MS, Pekow PS, Lindenauer PK. Variation in resource utilization for the management of uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia across community and children's hospitals. J Pediatr. 2014 Sep; 165(3):585-91.
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Gaspari RJ, Blehar D, Polan D, Montoya A, Alsulaibikh A, Liteplo A. The Massachusetts abscess rule: a clinical decision rule using ultrasound to identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in skin abscesses. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 May; 21(5):558-67.
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Leyenaar JK, Shieh MS, Lagu T, Pekow PS, Lindenauer PK. Comparative effectiveness of ceftriaxone in combination with a macrolide compared with ceftriaxone alone for pediatric patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Apr; 33(4):387-92.
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Collins CE, Ayturk MD, Flahive JM, Emhoff TA, Anderson FA, Santry HP. Epidemiology and outcomes of community-acquired Clostridium difficile infections in Medicare beneficiaries. J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Jun; 218(6):1141-1147.e1.
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Moran GJ, Rothman RE, Volturo GA. Emergency management of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia: what is new since the 2007 Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society guidelines. Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Mar; 31(3):602-12.
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Hermos CR, Sandora TJ, Williams LE, Mosammaparast N, McAdam AJ. Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in paediatric intensive-care units. Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Sep; 141(9):1983-92.
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Haessler S, Schimmel JJ. Managing community-acquired pneumonia during flu season. Cleve Clin J Med. 2012 Jan; 79(1):67-78.
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