| nosocomial infection |
An infection occurring in a patient in a hospital or other healthcare facility in whom it was not present or incubating at the time of admission; or the residual of an infection acquired during a previous admission. Includes infections acquired in the hospital but appearing after discharge, and also such infections among the staff of the facility (Synonym: hospital-acquired infection).
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| nosocomial |
Denoting a new disorder (not the patient's original condition) associated with being treated in a hospital, such as a hospital-acquired infection.
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| nosocomial |
Disease, condition, or infection, which originates in a hospital.
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| nosocomial infection |
An infection contracted as a result of being hospitalized.
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| nosocomial f. of unknown origin |
a fever of at least 38.3°C occurring on several occasions in a hospitalized patient in whom neither fever nor infection was present on admission, and for which a cause cannot be determined after three days of investigation, including two days of incubation of cultures.
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