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NOSOCOMIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Taking place or originating in a hospital
Example:
nosocomial infection
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
hospital (a health facility where patients receive treatment)
Context examples:
C. farmeri is most commonly found in water, sewage, soil, and food and is an opportunistic, nosocomial pathogen.
(Citrobacter farmeri, NCI Thesaurus)
O. anthropi has been isolated from water sources in is associated with nosocomial infections.
(Ochrobactrum anthropi, NCI Thesaurus)
C. youngae is a commensal organism of the gastrointestinal tract and may cause nosocomial infections.
(Citrobacter youngae, NCI Thesaurus)
M. atlantae is normally found in human blood and is an emerging nosocomial pathogen.
(Moraxella atlantae, NCI Thesaurus)
E. taylorae is an emerging opportunistic, nosocomial borne pathogen.
(Enterobacter taylorae, NCI Thesaurus)
C. indologenes is most commonly found in soil and water and is a rare pathogen, associated with meningitis in neonates and premature infants and nosocomial infections in adults.
(Chryseobacterium indologenes, NCI Thesaurus)
E. brevis is involved in nosocomial infections, being a causative agent of meningitis.
(Empedobacter brevis, NCI Thesaurus)
A nursing specialty devoted to control and elimination of nosocomial infection risk in a clinical setting.
(Infection Control Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
