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MeSH Heading: Catheter-Related Infections
Tree Number(s): C01.195
Unique ID: D055499
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055499
Annotation: coordinate with CROSS INFECTION if pertinent
Scope Note: Infections resulting from the use of catheters. Proper aseptic technique, site of catheter placement, material composition, and virulence of the organism are all factors that can influence possible infection.
Entry Term(s): Catheter Associated Infection; Catheter Related Infection; Catheter-Associated Infections
Previous Indexing: specific catheterization/adverse effects (1977-2008)
See Also: Catheter Obstruction; Cross Infection
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

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: M0518001
Scope Note: Infections resulting from the use of catheters. Proper aseptic technique, site of catheter placement, material composition, and virulence of the organism are all factors that can influence possible infection.
Terms: Catheter-Related Infections Preferred Term
Term UI T713748
Date01/31/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Catheter-Associated Infections
Term UI T796567
Date09/08/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013); Catheter Related Infection
Term UI T001090064
Date10/14/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Catheter Associated Infection
Term UI T001090065
Date10/14/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

Catheter-Related Infections MeSH Descriptor Data 2025