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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cross Infection" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cross Infection" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 109 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	0	1
2000	0	1	1
2002	1	1	2
2003	3	0	3
2004	2	0	2
2006	2	1	3
2007	1	0	1
2008	4	3	7
2009	2	2	4
2010	5	4	9
2011	4	0	4
2012	4	0	4
2013	7	1	8
2014	9	1	10
2015	9	2	11
2016	10	6	16
2017	6	1	7
2018	1	0	1
2019	2	5	7
2020	5	0	5
2021	1	0	1
2022	2	0	2

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

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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Baker SE, Monlezun DJ, Ambroze WL, Margolin DA. Anastomotic Leak is Increased With Clostridium difficile Infection After Colectomy: Machine Learning-Augmented Propensity Score Modified Analysis of 46?735 Patients. Am Surg. 2022 Jan; 88(1):74-82.

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Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Chastain AM, Mangal S, Stone PW, Shang J. Home Health Staff Perspectives on Infection Prevention and Control: Implications for Coronavirus Disease 2019. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 12; 21(12):1782-1790.e4.

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Baker MA, Yokoe DS, Stelling J, Kleinman K, Kaganov RE, Letourneau AR, Varma N, O'Brien T, Kulldorff M, Babalola D, Barrett C, Drees M, Coady MH, Isaacs A, Platt R, Huang SS. Automated outbreak detection of hospital-associated pathogens: Value to infection prevention programs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 09; 41(9):1016-1021.

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Rosenstein RK, Rosenstein PK, Kramer N, Rosenstein ED. Healthcare-Associated Transmission of Parvovirus B19 Arthropathy. Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2020 Jun; 78(2):140-143.

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Mady LJ, Kubik MW, Baddour K, Snyderman CH, Rowan NR. Consideration of povidone-iodine as a public health intervention for COVID-19: Utilization as "Personal Protective Equipment" for frontline providers exposed in high-risk head and neck and skull base oncology care. Oral Oncol. 2020 06; 105:104724.

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Karlowsky JA, Kazmierczak KM, Young K, Motyl MR, Sahm DF. In vitro activity of ceftolozane/tazobactam against phenotypically defined extended-spectrum ?-lactamase (ESBL)-positive isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from hospitalized patients (SMART 2016). Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020 Apr; 96(4):114925.

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Anesi JA, Blumberg EA, Han JH, Lee DH, Clauss H, Climaco A, Hasz R, Molnar E, Alimenti D, West S, Bilker WB, Tolomeo P, Lautenbach E. Risk factors for multidrug-resistant organisms among deceased organ donors. Am J Transplant. 2019 09; 19(9):2468-2478.

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