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Descriptor English:   Prosthesis-Related Infections 
Descriptor Spanish:   Infecciones Relacionadas con Prótesis 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Infecções Relacionadas à Prótese 
Synonyms English:   Infections, Prosthesis-Related
Prosthesis Related Infections
Prosthesis-Related Infection  
Tree Number:   C01.539.685
C23.550.767.868
Definition English:   Infections resulting from the implantation of prosthetic devices. The infections may be acquired from intraoperative contamination (early) or hematogenously acquired from other sites (late). 
Indexing Annotation English:   coord IM with specific infect (IM) + specific prosthesis /adv eff (IM), as EYE, ARTIFICIAL /adv eff; infect by biofilm: coord IM with BIOFILMS (IM) but see note there; DF: PROSTHESIS RELAT INFECT
See Related English:   Biofilms
 
History Note English:   92 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
TM transmission UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   29867 
Unique Identifier:   D016459 

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