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 305 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1991	4	0	4
1992	3	0	3
1993	0	1	1
1994	5	2	7
1995	4	3	7
1996	4	2	6
1997	3	2	5
1998	3	2	5
1999	2	0	2
2000	3	1	4
2001	7	0	7
2002	12	3	15
2003	10	7	17
2004	7	3	10
2005	5	4	9
2006	6	4	10
2007	5	7	12
2008	9	4	13
2009	9	5	14
2010	12	4	16
2011	19	4	23
2012	13	3	16
2013	6	4	10
2014	12	3	15
2015	14	2	16
2016	10	3	13
2017	5	4	9
2018	8	8	16
2019	8	6	14
2020	2	4	6

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

Bhandari P, Subramaniam S, Bourke MJ, Alkandari A, Chiu PWY, Brown JF, Keswani RN, Bisschops R, Hassan C, Raju GS, Muthusamy VR, Sethi A, May GR, Albéniz E, Bruno M, Kaminski MF, Alkhatry M, Almadi M, Ibrahim M, Emura F, Moura E, Navarrete C, Wulfson A, Khor C, Ponnudurai R, Inoue H, Saito Y, Yahagi N, Kashin S, Nikonov E, Yu H, Maydeo AP, Reddy DN, Wallace MB, Pochapin MB, Rösch T, Sharma P, Repici A. Recovery of endoscopy services in the era of COVID-19: recommendations from an international Delphi consensus. Gut. 2020 11; 69(11):1915-1924.

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Shah PB, Welt FGP, Mahmud E, Phillips A, Kleiman NS, Young MN, Sherwood M, Batchelor W, Wang DD, Davidson L, Wyman J, Kadavath S, Szerlip M, Hermiller J, Fullerton D, Anwaruddin S. Triage considerations for patients referred for structural heart disease intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic: An ACC/SCAI position statement. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 09 01; 96(3):659-663.

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Macdougall IC, Bhandari S, White C, Anker SD, Farrington K, Kalra PA, Mark PB, McMurray JJV, Reid C, Robertson M, Tomson CRV, Wheeler DC, Winearls CG, Ford I. Intravenous Iron Dosing and Infection Risk in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis of the PIVOTAL Trial. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 05; 31(5):1118-1127.

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Rios R, Reyes J, Carvajal LP, Rincon S, Panesso D, Echeverri AM, Dinh A, Kolokotronis SO, Narechania A, Tran TT, Munita JM, Murray BE, Planet PJ, Arias CA, Diaz L. Genomic Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) in Latin America: Revisiting The Global VRE Population Structure. Sci Rep. 2020 03 27; 10(1):5636.

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Bui LN, Swan JT, Perez KK, Johnson ML, Chen H, Colavecchia AC, Rizk E, Graviss EA. Impact of Chlorhexidine Bathing on Antimicrobial Utilization in Surgical Intensive Care Unit. J Surg Res. 2020 06; 250:161-171.

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Lu S, Soeung V, Nguyen HAT, Long SW, Musser JM, Palzkill T. Development and Evaluation of a Novel Protein-Based Assay for Specific Detection of KPC ß-Lactamases from Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates. mSphere. 2020 01 08; 5(1).

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Rashid T, Haghighi F, Hasan I, Bassères E, Alam MJ, Sharma SV, Lai D, DuPont HL, Garey KW. Activity of Hospital Disinfectants against Vegetative Cells and Spores of Clostridioides difficile Embedded in Biofilms. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 12 20; 64(1).

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Rogers T, Sok K, Erickson T, Aguilera E, Wootton SH, Murray KO, Hasbun R. The comparison of Gram-positive and Gram-negative healthcare-associated ventriculitis and meningitis in adults and children. Intensive Care Med. 2020 01; 46(1):128-131.

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Harrod M, Weston LE, Gregory L, Petersen L, Mayer J, Drews FA, Krein SL. A qualitative study of factors affecting personal protective equipment use among health care personnel. Am J Infect Control. 2020 04; 48(4):410-415.

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Harrod M, Petersen L, Weston LE, Gregory L, Mayer J, Samore MH, Drews FA, Krein SL. Understanding Workflow and Personal Protective Equipment Challenges Across Different Healthcare Personnel Roles. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 09 13; 69(Suppl 3):S185-S191.

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