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MeSH Heading: Prosthesis-Related Infections
Tree Number(s): C01.685; C23.550.767.868
Unique ID: D016459
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016459
Annotation: coord IM with specific infect (IM) and specific prosthesis /‌adv eff (IM), as EYE, ARTIFICIAL /‌adv eff; infect by biofilm: coord IM with BIOFILMS (IM) but see note there
Scope Note: Infections resulting from the implantation of prosthetic devices. The infections may be acquired from intraoperative contamination (early) or hematogenously acquired from other sites (late).
Entry Version: PROSTHESIS RELAT INFECT
Entry Term(s): Infections, Prosthesis-Related; Prosthesis Related Infection; Prosthesis-Related Infection
Previous Indexing: Infection (1966-1991); specific prosthesis/adverse effects (1966-1991)
See Also: Biofilms
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/03
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

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: M0025145
Scope Note: Infections resulting from the implantation of prosthetic devices. The infections may be acquired from intraoperative contamination (early) or hematogenously acquired from other sites (late).
Terms: Prosthesis-Related Infections Preferred Term
Term UI T049265
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Infections, Prosthesis-Related
Term UI T049264
Date10/16/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Prosthesis Related Infection
Term UI T000999070
Date11/22/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Prosthesis-Related Infection
Term UI T000999071
Date11/22/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Prosthesis-Related Infections MeSH Descriptor Data 2025