Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted. The NIH Clinical Center (the research hospital of NIH) is open. For more details about its operating status, please visit cc.nih.gov. Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at opm.gov.

NLM Logo

Community-Acquired Infections MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Community-Acquired Infections
Tree Number(s)
C01.234
Unique ID
D017714
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017714
Annotation
contrasted with hospital- or other health facil-acquired ( = CROSS INFECTION); IM GEN only; coord NIM with specific community-acquired infect (IM), if discussed
Scope Note
Any infection acquired in the community, that is, contrasted with those acquired in a health care facility (CROSS INFECTION). An infection would be classified as community-acquired if the patient had not recently been in a health care facility or been in contact with someone who had been recently in a health care facility.
Entry Version
COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECT
Entry Term(s)
Community Acquired Infection
Community-Acquired Infection
Infections, Community-Acquired
See Also
Cross Infection
Public MeSH Note
94
History Note
94
Date Introduced
1994/01/01
Last Updated
2020/05/27
Community-Acquired Infections Preferred
page delivered in 0.18s