Cross Infection

"Cross Infection" 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.

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Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution.

Descriptor ID	D003428
MeSH Number(s)	C01.539.248 C23.550.291.875.500
Concept/Terms	Cross Infection Cross Infection Health Care Associated Infections Infection, Cross Cross Infections Infections, Cross Health Care Associated Infection Healthcare Associated Infections Healthcare Associated Infection Infection, Healthcare Associated Infections, Healthcare Associated Infections, Hospital Infections, Hospital Hospital Infection Infection, Hospital Infections, Nosocomial Infection, Nosocomial Nosocomial Infection Nosocomial Infections Hospital Infections

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cross Infection".

Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Infection [C01.539]
Cross Infection [C01.539.248]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Pathologic Processes [C23.550]
Disease Attributes [C23.550.291]
Iatrogenic Disease [C23.550.291.875]
Cross Infection [C23.550.291.875.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Cross Infection".

Cross Infection
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated

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Bar chart showing 112 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	0	1
1999	1	0	1
2000	1	2	3
2001	1	0	1
2002	2	0	2
2004	1	1	2
2006	2	1	3
2008	2	1	3
2010	4	2	6
2011	5	2	7
2012	1	1	2
2013	8	1	9
2014	11	1	12
2015	11	2	13
2016	13	5	18
2017	7	0	7
2018	3	2	5
2019	3	0	3
2020	4	0	4
2021	2	0	2
2022	2	0	2
2023	1	1	2
2024	1	1	2
2025	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Cross Infection" by people in Profiles.

Webster JL, Eppes S, Lee BK, Harrington NS, Goldstein ND. Contrasting methods to operationalize antibiotic exposure in clinical research: a real-world application on health care-associated Clostridioides difficile infection. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 05 07; 194(5):1448-1459.

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Thomas S, Bittinger K, Livornese LL. Utilizing the biosimulator to analyze the environmental microbiome within the intensive care units of a hospital. Biotechniques. 2025 Feb; 77(2):66-75.

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Guzman-Cottrill JA, Blatt DB, Bryant KA, McGrath CL, Zerr DM, Rosenthal A, Kociolek LK, Murphy C, Ravin KA. SHEA practice update: infection prevention and control (IPC) in residential facilities for pediatric patients and their families. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 01; 46(1):3-26.

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Ong SWX, Luo J, Fridman DJ, Lee SM, Johnstone J, Schwartz KL, Diong C, Patel SN, Macfadden DR, Langford BJ, Tong SYC, Brown KA, Daneman N. Epidemiology and clinical relevance of persistent bacteraemia in patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2024 Aug 01; 79(8):2053-2061.

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Thampi N, Guzman-Cottrill J, Bartlett AH, Berg W, Cantey JB, Kitt E, Ravin K, Zangwill KM, Elward A. SHEA NICU white paper series: Practical approaches for the prevention of viral respiratory infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 03; 45(3):267-276.

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McGrath CL, Logan LK, Deloney VM, Rubin LG, Ravin KA, Muller M, Bartlett AH, de St Maurice A, Linam WM, Caughell C, Ramirez-Avila L. Monitoring health disparities in healthcare-associated infection surveillance: A Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network (SRN) Survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Apr; 45(4):526-529.

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Drees M, Weber DJ. Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Varicella During the United States Varicella Vaccination Program Era. J Infect Dis. 2022 10 21; 226(Suppl 4):S456-S462.

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Buetti N, Marschall J, Drees M, Fakih MG, Hadaway L, Maragakis LL, Monsees E, Novosad S, O'Grady NP, Rupp ME, Wolf J, Yokoe D, Mermel LA. Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 05; 43(5):553-569.

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Swaminathan N, Perloff SR, Zuckerman JM. Prevention of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in Health Care Settings. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2021 12; 35(4):1013-1025.

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Uhr A, Glick L, Barron S, Zavodnick J, Mark JR, Shenot P, Murphy A. How I Do It: PureWick female external catheter: a non-invasive urine management system for incontinent women. Can J Urol. 2021 06; 28(3):10669-10672.

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