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Cross infection

MedGen UID:
41350
•Concept ID:
C0010356
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Cross Infection; Cross Infections; Health Care Associated Infection; Health Care Associated Infections; Healthcare Associated Infection; Healthcare Associated Infections; Infection, Cross; Infection, Healthcare Associated; Infections, Cross; Infections, Healthcare Associated
SNOMED CT: Healthcare associated infectious disease (408678008); Healthcare associated infection (408678008); Nosocomial infectious disease (408678008); Nosocomial infection (408678008); Cross infection (36406009)

Definition

Infection associated with hospitalisation, not present or incubating prior to admission, but generally occurring more than 72 hours after admission. [from SNOMEDCT_US]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCross infection

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical assessment and management of children with bronchiolitis.
Stevens R, Kelsall-Knight L
Nurs Child Young People 2022 Mar 3;34(2):13-21. Epub 2022 Jan 24 doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2022.e1430. PMID: 35068092
Guideline for diagnosis and treatment of spine trauma in the epidemic of COVID-19.
Wang YL, Zhu FZ, Zeng L, Telemacque D, Saleem Alshorman JA, Zhou JG, Xiong ZK, Sun TF, Qu YZ, Yao S, Sun TS, Feng SQ, Guo XD; Group of Spinal Injury and Functional Reconstruction, Neural Regeneration and Repair Committee, Chinese Research Hospital Association; Spinal Cord Basic Research Group, Spinal Cord Committee of Chinese Society of Rehabilitation Medicine; Spinal Cord Injury and Rehabilitation Group, Chinese Association Of Rehabilitation Medicine
Chin J Traumatol 2020 Aug;23(4):196-201. Epub 2020 Jun 17 doi: 10.1016/j.cjtee.2020.06.003. PMID: 32674856Free PMC Article
The Surgical Treatment of Mycetoma.
Suleiman SH, Wadaella el S, Fahal AH
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016 Jun;10(6):e0004690. Epub 2016 Jun 23 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004690. PMID: 27336736Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The handwash station: friend or fiend?
Weinbren MJ
J Hosp Infect 2018 Oct;100(2):159-164. Epub 2018 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.03.023. PMID: 29588186
Health care-associated infections (HAIs).
Almeida SL
J Emerg Nurs 2015 Mar;41(2):100-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2015.01.006. PMID: 25769990Free PMC Article
Asepsis.
Xavier G
Nurs Stand 1999 May 26-Jun 1;13(36):49-53; quiz 55. doi: 10.7748/ns1999.05.13.36.49.c2610. PMID: 10497547
Clostridium difficile.
Settle CD
Br J Hosp Med 1996 Oct 16-Nov 5;56(8):398-400. PMID: 8909713
Nosocomial pneumonia.
Toews GB
Am J Med Sci 1986 May;291(5):355-67. doi: 10.1097/00000441-198605000-00013. PMID: 3518453

Diagnosis

Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile: A silent nosocomial pathogen.
Al-Zahrani IA
Saudi Med J 2023 Sep;44(9):825-835. doi: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.9.20230216. PMID: 37717961Free PMC Article
Fever of Unknown Origin.
Haidar G, Singh N
N Engl J Med 2022 Feb 3;386(5):463-477. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra2111003. PMID: 35108471
CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care-associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting.
Horan TC, Andrus M, Dudeck MA
Am J Infect Control 2008 Jun;36(5):309-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.03.002. PMID: 18538699
Guidelines for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia.
American Thoracic Society; Infectious Diseases Society of America
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005 Feb 15;171(4):388-416. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200405-644ST. PMID: 15699079
Pneumonia in the elderly.
Cunha BA
Clin Microbiol Infect 2001 Nov;7(11):581-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1198-743x.2001.00328.x. PMID: 11737082

Therapy

Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Patients.
Kranz J, Schmidt S, Wagenlehner F, Schneidewind L
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2020 Feb 7;117(6):83-88. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0083. PMID: 32102727Free PMC Article
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: in pursuit of an effective treatment.
Piperaki ET, Tzouvelekis LS, Miriagou V, Daikos GL
Clin Microbiol Infect 2019 Aug;25(8):951-957. Epub 2019 Mar 23 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.03.014. PMID: 30914347
Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care.
Gould DJ, Moralejo D, Drey N, Chudleigh JH, Taljaard M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Sep 1;9(9):CD005186. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005186.pub4. PMID: 28862335Free PMC Article
Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients.
Davey P, Marwick CA, Scott CL, Charani E, McNeil K, Brown E, Gould IM, Ramsay CR, Michie S
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Feb 9;2(2):CD003543. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003543.pub4. PMID: 28178770Free PMC Article
Treatment of Acinetobacter infections.
Michalopoulos A, Falagas ME
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2010 Apr;11(5):779-88. doi: 10.1517/14656561003596350. PMID: 20210684

Prognosis

Hand hygiene compliance in the prevention of hospital-acquired infections: a systematic review.
Mouajou V, Adams K, DeLisle G, Quach C
J Hosp Infect 2022 Jan;119:33-48. Epub 2021 Sep 25 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.09.016. PMID: 34582962
Prevention of Healthcare-associated Infections in Intensive Care Unit Patients.
Mazzeffi M, Galvagno S, Rock C
Anesthesiology 2021 Dec 1;135(6):1122-1131. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000004017. PMID: 34731244
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2.
Salzberger B, Buder F, Lampl B, Ehrenstein B, Hitzenbichler F, Holzmann T, Schmidt B, Hanses F
Infection 2021 Apr;49(2):233-239. Epub 2020 Oct 8 doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01531-3. PMID: 33034020Free PMC Article
Epidemiology and burden of sepsis acquired in hospitals and intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Markwart R, Saito H, Harder T, Tomczyk S, Cassini A, Fleischmann-Struzek C, Reichert F, Eckmanns T, Allegranzi B
Intensive Care Med 2020 Aug;46(8):1536-1551. Epub 2020 Jun 26 doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06106-2. PMID: 32591853Free PMC Article
Trends in U.S. Burden of Clostridioides difficile Infection and Outcomes.
Guh AY, Mu Y, Winston LG, Johnston H, Olson D, Farley MM, Wilson LE, Holzbauer SM, Phipps EC, Dumyati GK, Beldavs ZG, Kainer MA, Karlsson M, Gerding DN, McDonald LC; Emerging Infections Program Clostridioides difficile Infection Working Group
N Engl J Med 2020 Apr 2;382(14):1320-1330. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1910215. PMID: 32242357Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Mycobacterium Chimaera Mimicking Sarcoidosis.
Ganatra S, Sharma A, D'Agostino R, Gage T, Kinnunen P
Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 2018 Oct-Dec;14(4):301-302. doi: 10.14797/mdcj-14-4-301. PMID: 30788017Free PMC Article
Tackling the recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection.
Petrosillo N
Med Mal Infect 2018 Feb;48(1):18-22. Epub 2018 Jan 12 doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2017.10.007. PMID: 29336928
Editorial Comment: Proceedings of the 2015 Musculoskeletal Infection Society.
Zalavras CG, Schmitt SK
Clin Orthop Relat Res 2016 Jul;474(7):1581-2. doi: 10.1007/s11999-016-4795-2. PMID: 27020423Free PMC Article
Ventilator-associated pneumonia: present understanding and ongoing debates.
Nair GB, Niederman MS
Intensive Care Med 2015 Jan;41(1):34-48. Epub 2014 Nov 27 doi: 10.1007/s00134-014-3564-5. PMID: 25427866Free PMC Article
Health care-associated hepatitis C virus infection.
Pozzetto B, Memmi M, Garraud O, Roblin X, Berthelot P
World J Gastroenterol 2014 Dec 14;20(46):17265-78. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17265. PMID: 25516637Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Effectiveness of Infection Control Teams in Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Thandar MM, Rahman MO, Haruyama R, Matsuoka S, Okawa S, Moriyama J, Yokobori Y, Matsubara C, Nagai M, Ota E, Baba T
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Dec 19;19(24) doi: 10.3390/ijerph192417075. PMID: 36554953Free PMC Article
Impact of environmental hygiene interventions on healthcare-associated infections and patient colonization: a systematic review.
Peters A, Schmid MN, Parneix P, Lebowitz D, de Kraker M, Sauser J, Zingg W, Pittet D
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2022 Feb 19;11(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s13756-022-01075-1. PMID: 35183259Free PMC Article
Hand hygiene compliance in the prevention of hospital-acquired infections: a systematic review.
Mouajou V, Adams K, DeLisle G, Quach C
J Hosp Infect 2022 Jan;119:33-48. Epub 2021 Sep 25 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.09.016. PMID: 34582962
Mortality and morbidity in acutely ill adults treated with liberal versus conservative oxygen therapy (IOTA): a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Chu DK, Kim LH, Young PJ, Zamiri N, Almenawer SA, Jaeschke R, Szczeklik W, Schünemann HJ, Neary JD, Alhazzani W
Lancet 2018 Apr 28;391(10131):1693-1705. Epub 2018 Apr 26 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30479-3. PMID: 29726345
Burden of endemic health-care-associated infection in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Allegranzi B, Bagheri Nejad S, Combescure C, Graafmans W, Attar H, Donaldson L, Pittet D
Lancet 2011 Jan 15;377(9761):228-41. Epub 2010 Dec 9 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61458-4. PMID: 21146207

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