"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.
Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution.
| Descriptor ID |
D003428
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.248 C23.550.291.875.500
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| 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
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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2004 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2010 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2011 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 2012 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2013 | 19 | 7 | 26 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6 | 27 |
| 2015 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2016 | 28 | 14 | 42 |
| 2017 | 256 | 107 | 363 |
| 2018 | 201 | 97 | 298 |
| 2019 | 80 | 36 | 116 |
| 2020 | 163 | 70 | 233 |
| 2021 | 48 | 30 | 78 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cross Infection" by people in Profiles.
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Healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile infection during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital in Romania. Rom J Intern Med. 2021 Dec 01; 59(4):409-415.
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Evaluation of a risk assessment model to predict infection with healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2021 Sep 07; 78(18):1681-1690.
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The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on healthcare-associated infections in 2020: A summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 01; 43(1):12-25.
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Dermatology practice in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2021 Sep-Oct; 87(5):603-610.
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SARS-CoV-2 variants with shortened incubation periods necessitate new definitions for nosocomial acquisition. J Infect. 2022 02; 84(2):248-288.
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Explosive nosocomial outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a rehabilitation clinic: the limits of genomics for outbreak reconstruction. J Hosp Infect. 2021 Nov; 117:124-134.
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Interventions to control nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a modelling study. BMC Med. 2021 08 27; 19(1):211.
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Clustering and multiple-spreading events of nosocomial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. J Hosp Infect. 2021 Nov; 117:28-36.
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Learning lessons from the paediatric critical care response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in England and Wales: a qualitative study. Arch Dis Child. 2022 03; 107(3):e6.
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A case of Bartonellosis presenting as a puzzling multisystem disorder complicated by nosocomial COVID-19 infection. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Aug 19; 14(8).