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MeSH Heading: Puerperal Infection
Tree Number(s): C01.674.715; C12.050.703.700.715; C12.050.703.844.757
Unique ID: D011645
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011645
Annotation: general or unspecified; coordinate IM with specific infection (IM); check the tag FEMALE
Scope Note: An infection occurring in PUERPERIUM, the period of 6-8 weeks after giving birth.
Entry Version: PUERPERAL INFECT
Entry Term(s): Infection, Puerperal; Postpartum Sepsis
NLM Classification #: WQ 505
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

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)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Puerperal Infection MeSH Descriptor Data 2025