Structured Summary
Abstract
Invasion of the host organism by microorganisms or their toxins or by parasites that can cause pathological conditions or diseases.
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Classification
Narrower headings
- Animal Hepatitis
- Asymptomatic Infections
- Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
- Breakthrough Infections
- Cardiovascular Infections
- Catheter-Related Infections
- Central Nervous System Infections
- Coinfection
- Communicable Diseases
- Community-Acquired Infections
- Cross Infection
- Eye Infections
- Focal Infection
- Gingivitis
- Infected Aneurysm
- Infectious Arthritis
- Infectious Bone Diseases
- Infectious Pregnancy Complications
- Infectious Skin Diseases
- Intraabdominal Infections
- Laboratory Infection
- Latent Infection
- Opportunistic Infections
- Parasitic Diseases
- Pelvic Infection
- Persistent Infection
- Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome
- Prosthesis-Related Infections
- Reproductive Tract Infections
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Sepsis
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Soft Tissue Infections
- Suppuration
- Toxemia
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- Vector Borne Diseases
- Virus Diseases
- Waterborne Diseases
- Wound Infection
- Zoonoses
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Synonyms
5 entry terms
- Infection
- Infection and Infestation
- Infections and Infestations
- Infestation and Infection
- Infestations and Infections
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Aspects Covered
35 allowable subheadings
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, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
general only; prefer specifics; /prev = INFECTION CONTROL but see note there
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History Note
2020; was Infection 1963-2019; /prevention & control was INFECTION/prevention & control 1966-91
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Number
- C01w
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007239. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007239
- Infections. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infection
- Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166231