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Abstract
An infection at a specific location that may spread to another region of the body.
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3 entry terms
- Focal Infections
- Infection, Focal
- Infections, Focal
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/disease site of infection (IM) + specific infection (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Focal Infection. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005490. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005490
- Focal Infection. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_infection_theory
- Focal Infection. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1536513