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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 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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Space-time trends of community-onset Staphylococcus aureus infections in children: a group-based trajectory modeling approach. Ann Epidemiol. 2023 06; 82:45-53.e1.
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The Impact of Principal Diagnosis on Readmission Risk among Patients Hospitalized for Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Am J Med Qual. 2022 Jul-Aug 01; 37(4):307-313.
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Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Recurrence Rates in Outpatients: A Retrospective Database Study at 3 US Medical Centers. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 09 07; 73(5):e1045-e1053.
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Reducing the use of empiric antibiotic therapy in COVID-19 on hospital admission. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 02; 21(1):516.
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Predictors of COVID-19 Seropositivity Among Healthcare Workers: An Important Piece of an Incomplete Puzzle. J Hosp Med. 2021 May; 16(5):320.
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Environmental Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Contamination, Persistent Colonization, and Subsequent Skin and Soft Tissue Infection. JAMA Pediatr. 2020 06 01; 174(6):552-562.
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. JAMA. 2020 03 03; 323(9):885-886.
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Longitudinal, strain-specific Staphylococcus aureus introduction and transmission events in households of children with community-associated meticillin-resistant S aureus skin and soft tissue infection: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 02; 20(2):188-198.
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Off the CURB and Quickly Onto the SOFA. Ann Emerg Med. 2019 03; 73(3):320-321.
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Geographic surveillance of community associated MRSA infections in children using electronic health record data. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 18; 19(1):170.