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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
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
transmission
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
7414
Unique Identifier:
D007239
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