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 29 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	1	0	1
2003	2	0	2
2007	2	0	2
2008	1	1	2
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	1	2
2012	1	0	1
2013	2	0	2
2014	1	0	1
2015	2	1	3
2016	4	1	5
2019	2	0	2
2020	1	0	1
2022	2	0	2
2024	1	0	1

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

Neil B, Cheney GL, Rosenzweig JA, Sha J, Chopra AK. Antimicrobial resistance in aeromonads and new therapies targeting quorum sensing. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2024 Feb 13; 108(1):205.

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Jeffreys S, Chambers JP, Yu JJ, Hung CY, Forsthuber T, Arulanandam BP. Insights into Acinetobacter baumannii protective immunity. Front Immunol. 2022; 13:1070424.

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Lesho E, Newhart D, Reno L, Sleeper S, Nary J, Gutowski J, Yu S, Walsh E, Vargas R, Riedy D, Mayo R. Effectiveness of various cleaning strategies in acute and long-term care facilities during novel corona virus 2019 disease pandemic-related staff shortages. PLoS One. 2022; 17(1):e0261365.

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Jimenez A, Trepka MJ, Munoz-Price LS, Pekovic V, Ibrahimou B, Abbo LM, Martinez O, Sposato K, dePascale D, Perez-Cardona A, McElheny CL, Bachman WC, Fowler EL, Doi Y, Fennie K. Epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in hospitals of a large healthcare system in Miami, Florida from 2012 to 2016: Five years of experience with an internal registry. Am J Infect Control. 2020 11; 48(11):1341-1347.

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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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Chang BP. Can hospitalization be hazardous to your health? A nosocomial based stress model for hospitalization. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2019 Sep - Oct; 60:83-89.

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Rojas D, Wendell D, Ferguson PhD TF, Robinson WT, Trepka MJ, Straif-Bourgeois SC. HIV-associated comorbidities as mediators of the association between people living with HIV and hospital-acquired infections. Am J Infect Control. 2019 12; 47(12):1500-1504.

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Bui LN, Swan JT, Shirkey BA, Olsen RJ, Long SW, Graviss EA. Chlorhexidine bathing and Clostridium difficile infection in a surgical intensive care unit. J Surg Res. 2018 08; 228:107-111.

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Swan JT, Ashton CM, Bui LN, Pham VP, Shirkey BA, Blackshear JE, Bersamin JB, Pomer RM, Johnson ML, Magtoto AD, Butler MO, Tran SK, Sanchez LR, Patel JG, Ochoa RA, Hai SA, Denison KI, Graviss EA, Wray NP. Effect of Chlorhexidine Bathing Every Other Day on Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections in the Surgical ICU: A Single-Center, Randomized Controlled Trial. Crit Care Med. 2016 Oct; 44(10):1822-32.

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Fukunaga BT, Sumida WK, Taira DA, Davis JW, Seto TB. Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Related to Medicare Antibiotic Prescriptions: A State-Level Analysis. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2016 10; 75(10):303-309.

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