Prosthesis-Related Infections

"Prosthesis-Related Infections" 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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Infections resulting from the implantation of prosthetic devices. The infections may be acquired from intraoperative contamination (early) or hematogenously acquired from other sites (late).

Descriptor ID	D016459
MeSH Number(s)	C01.539.685 C23.550.767.868
Concept/Terms	Prosthesis-Related Infections Prosthesis-Related Infections Prosthesis Related Infections Infections, Prosthesis-Related Prosthesis-Related Infection

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Prosthesis-Related Infections".

Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Infection [C01.539]
Prosthesis-Related Infections [C01.539.685]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Pathologic Processes [C23.550]
Postoperative Complications [C23.550.767]
Prosthesis-Related Infections [C23.550.767.868]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Prosthesis-Related Infections".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Prosthesis-Related Infections".

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