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MeSH Heading: Focal Infection, Dental
Tree Number(s): C01.392.433; C07.793.348
Unique ID: D005491
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005491
Annotation: coordinate with precoordinated organ/disease site of infection + name of infection
Scope Note: Secondary or systemic infections due to dissemination throughout the body of microorganisms whose primary focus of infection lies in the periodontal tissues.
Entry Version: FOCAL INFECT DENT
Entry Term(s): Dental Focal Infection; Dental Focal Infections; Focal Infections, Dental; Infection, Dental Focal; Infections, Dental Focal
NLM Classification #: WU 246
Public MeSH Note: 64
History Note: 64
Date Established: 1964/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0008657
Scope Note: Secondary or systemic infections due to dissemination throughout the body of microorganisms whose primary focus of infection lies in the periodontal tissues.
Terms: Focal Infection, Dental Preferred Term
Term UI T016711
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1964); Dental Focal Infections
Term UI T016706
Date05/21/1981
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Focal Infections, Dental
Term UI T016707
Date05/21/1981
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Infection, Dental Focal
Term UI T016708
Date02/05/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Infections, Dental Focal
Term UI T016709
Date01/26/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Dental Focal Infection
Term UI T016710
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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