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Infectious disease

MedGen UID:
1057
Concept ID:
C0009450
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Communicable Disease; Communicable Diseases; Disease, Communicable; Disease, Infectious; Diseases, Communicable; Diseases, Infectious; Infectious Disease; Infectious Diseases
SNOMED CT: Contagious disease (189822004); Communicable disease (191415002); Infective disorder (40733004); Disorder due to infection (40733004); Disease due to infection (40733004); Infectious disease (40733004); Infection (40733004)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005550

Definition

A disorder resulting from the presence and activity of a microbial, viral, fungal, or parasitic agent. It can be transmitted by direct or indirect contact. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVInfectious disease

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Baron TH, DiMaio CJ, Wang AY, Morgan KA
Gastroenterology 2020 Jan;158(1):67-75.e1. Epub 2019 Aug 31 doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.07.064. PMID: 31479658
Mitchell RB, Archer SM, Ishman SL, Rosenfeld RM, Coles S, Finestone SA, Friedman NR, Giordano T, Hildrew DM, Kim TW, Lloyd RM, Parikh SR, Shulman ST, Walner DL, Walsh SA, Nnacheta LC
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2019 Feb;160(2):187-205. doi: 10.1177/0194599818807917. PMID: 30921525
Berbari EF, Kanj SS, Kowalski TJ, Darouiche RO, Widmer AF, Schmitt SK, Hendershot EF, Holtom PD, Huddleston PM 3rd, Petermann GW, Osmon DR, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Clin Infect Dis 2015 Sep 15;61(6):e26-46. Epub 2015 Jul 29 doi: 10.1093/cid/civ482. PMID: 26229122

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Radlinski LC, Bäumler AJ
Elife 2022 May 20;11 doi: 10.7554/eLife.79593. PMID: 35593698Free PMC Article
Perry GH
Elife 2021 Jul 22;10 doi: 10.7554/eLife.69398. PMID: 34291730Free PMC Article
Jia P, Dong W, Yang S, Zhan Z, Tu L, Lai S
Trends Parasitol 2020 Mar;36(3):235-238. Epub 2020 Feb 7 doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.12.012. PMID: 32044243Free PMC Article
Brouwer AF, Masters NB, Eisenberg JNS
Curr Environ Health Rep 2018 Jun;5(2):293-304. doi: 10.1007/s40572-018-0196-x. PMID: 29679300Free PMC Article
McMichael C
Virulence 2015;6(6):548-53. Epub 2015 Jul 7 doi: 10.1080/21505594.2015.1021539. PMID: 26151221Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

de Sousa AS, Vermeij D, Ramos AN Jr, Luquetti AO
Lancet 2024 Jan 13;403(10422):203-218. Epub 2023 Dec 7 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01787-7. PMID: 38071985
Hakki M, Aitken SL, Danziger-Isakov L, Michaels MG, Carpenter PA, Chemaly RF, Papanicolaou GA, Boeckh M, Marty FM
Transplant Cell Ther 2021 Sep;27(9):707-719. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.05.001. PMID: 34452721
Petersen LM, Martin IW, Moschetti WE, Kershaw CM, Tsongalis GJ
J Clin Microbiol 2019 Dec 23;58(1) doi: 10.1128/JCM.01315-19. PMID: 31619531Free PMC Article
Guinn KM, Rubin EJ
mBio 2017 Dec 19;8(6) doi: 10.1128/mBio.01910-17. PMID: 29259086Free PMC Article
Shane AL, Mody RK, Crump JA, Tarr PI, Steiner TS, Kotloff K, Langley JM, Wanke C, Warren CA, Cheng AC, Cantey J, Pickering LK
Clin Infect Dis 2017 Nov 29;65(12):1963-1973. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix959. PMID: 29194529Free PMC Article

Therapy

Dinh A, Ropers J, Duran C, Davido B, Deconinck L, Matt M, Senard O, Lagrange A, Makhloufi S, Mellon G, de Lastours V, Bouchand F, Mathieu E, Kahn JE, Rouveix E, Grenet J, Dumoulin J, Chinet T, Pépin M, Delcey V, Diamantis S, Benhamou D, Vitrat V, Dombret MC, Renaud B, Perronne C, Claessens YE, Labarère J, Bedos JP, Aegerter P, Crémieux AC; Pneumonia Short Treatment (PTC) Study Group
Lancet 2021 Mar 27;397(10280):1195-1203. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00313-5. PMID: 33773631
Ellenberg SS
Clin Trials 2020 Oct;17(5):467-471. Epub 2020 Jul 10 doi: 10.1177/1740774520939871. PMID: 32650672
Sniffen JC, McFarland LV, Evans CT, Goldstein EJC
PLoS One 2018;13(12):e0209205. Epub 2018 Dec 26 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209205. PMID: 30586435Free PMC Article
Thorburn A
J Biol Chem 2018 Apr 13;293(15):5425-5430. Epub 2017 Nov 30 doi: 10.1074/jbc.R117.810739. PMID: 29191833Free PMC Article
Zuccotti G, Fontanarosa PB
JAMA 2011 Apr 13;305(14):1486-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.452. PMID: 21486983

Prognosis

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
Li J, Zou B, Yeo YH, Feng Y, Xie X, Lee DH, Fujii H, Wu Y, Kam LY, Ji F, Li X, Chien N, Wei M, Ogawa E, Zhao C, Wu X, Stave CD, Henry L, Barnett S, Takahashi H, Furusyo N, Eguchi Y, Hsu YC, Lee TY, Ren W, Qin C, Jun DW, Toyoda H, Wong VW, Cheung R, Zhu Q, Nguyen MH
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 May;4(5):389-398. Epub 2019 Mar 20 doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30039-1. PMID: 30902670
Shen T, Liu Y, Shang J, Xie Q, Li J, Yan M, Xu J, Niu J, Liu J, Watkins PB, Aithal GP, Andrade RJ, Dou X, Yao L, Lv F, Wang Q, Li Y, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Zong P, Wan B, Zou Z, Yang D, Nie Y, Li D, Wang Y, Han X, Zhuang H, Mao Y, Chen C
Gastroenterology 2019 Jun;156(8):2230-2241.e11. Epub 2019 Feb 8 doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.02.002. PMID: 30742832
Pana ZD, Roilides E, Warris A, Groll AH, Zaoutis T
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2017 Sep 1;6(suppl_1):S3-S11. doi: 10.1093/jpids/pix046. PMID: 28927200Free PMC Article
Shi T, McAllister DA, O'Brien KL, Simoes EAF, Madhi SA, Gessner BD, Polack FP, Balsells E, Acacio S, Aguayo C, Alassani I, Ali A, Antonio M, Awasthi S, Awori JO, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Baggett HC, Baillie VL, Balmaseda A, Barahona A, Basnet S, Bassat Q, Basualdo W, Bigogo G, Bont L, Breiman RF, Brooks WA, Broor S, Bruce N, Bruden D, Buchy P, Campbell S, Carosone-Link P, Chadha M, Chipeta J, Chou M, Clara W, Cohen C, de Cuellar E, Dang DA, Dash-Yandag B, Deloria-Knoll M, Dherani M, Eap T, Ebruke BE, Echavarria M, de Freitas Lázaro Emediato CC, Fasce RA, Feikin DR, Feng L, Gentile A, Gordon A, Goswami D, Goyet S, Groome M, Halasa N, Hirve S, Homaira N, Howie SRC, Jara J, Jroundi I, Kartasasmita CB, Khuri-Bulos N, Kotloff KL, Krishnan A, Libster R, Lopez O, Lucero MG, Lucion F, Lupisan SP, Marcone DN, McCracken JP, Mejia M, Moisi JC, Montgomery JM, Moore DP, Moraleda C, Moyes J, Munywoki P, Mutyara K, Nicol MP, Nokes DJ, Nymadawa P, da Costa Oliveira MT, Oshitani H, Pandey N, Paranhos-Baccalà G, Phillips LN, Picot VS, Rahman M, Rakoto-Andrianarivelo M, Rasmussen ZA, Rath BA, Robinson A, Romero C, Russomando G, Salimi V, Sawatwong P, Scheltema N, Schweiger B, Scott JAG, Seidenberg P, Shen K, Singleton R, Sotomayor V, Strand TA, Sutanto A, Sylla M, Tapia MD, Thamthitiwat S, Thomas ED, Tokarz R, Turner C, Venter M, Waicharoen S, Wang J, Watthanaworawit W, Yoshida LM, Yu H, Zar HJ, Campbell H, Nair H; RSV Global Epidemiology Network
Lancet 2017 Sep 2;390(10098):946-958. Epub 2017 Jul 7 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30938-8. PMID: 28689664Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

McCullagh DJ, Chu DK
CMAJ 2019 Feb 25;191(8):E231. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.181117. PMID: 30803953Free PMC Article
Chin KL, Sarmiento ME, Norazmi MN, Acosta A
Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2018 Dec;113:139-152. Epub 2018 Oct 1 doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2018.09.008. PMID: 30514496
Langelier C, Kalantar KL, Moazed F, Wilson MR, Crawford ED, Deiss T, Belzer A, Bolourchi S, Caldera S, Fung M, Jauregui A, Malcolm K, Lyden A, Khan L, Vessel K, Quan J, Zinter M, Chiu CY, Chow ED, Wilson J, Miller S, Matthay MA, Pollard KS, Christenson S, Calfee CS, DeRisi JL
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018 Dec 26;115(52):E12353-E12362. Epub 2018 Nov 27 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1809700115. PMID: 30482864Free PMC Article
Petrucci I, Clementi A, Sessa C, Torrisi I, Meola M
J Nephrol 2018 Dec;31(6):863-879. Epub 2018 Sep 6 doi: 10.1007/s40620-018-0531-1. PMID: 30191413
Miloslavsky EM, Naden RP, Bijlsma JW, Brogan PA, Brown ES, Brunetta P, Buttgereit F, Choi HK, DiCaire JF, Gelfand JM, Heaney LG, Lightstone L, Lu N, Murrell DF, Petri M, Rosenbaum JT, Saag KS, Urowitz MB, Winthrop KL, Stone JH
Ann Rheum Dis 2017 Mar;76(3):543-546. Epub 2016 Jul 29 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210002. PMID: 27474764

Recent systematic reviews

Khan MB, Yang ZS, Lin CY, Hsu MC, Urbina AN, Assavalapsakul W, Wang WH, Chen YH, Wang SF
J Infect Public Health 2023 Oct;16(10):1625-1642. Epub 2023 Aug 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.08.001. PMID: 37595484
D'Antonio F, Marinceu D, Prasad S, Khalil A
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2023 Apr;61(4):436-444. doi: 10.1002/uog.26136. PMID: 36484439
Kilaru P, Hill D, Anderson K, Collins MB, Green H, Kmush BL, Larsen DA
Am J Epidemiol 2023 Feb 1;192(2):305-322. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwac175. PMID: 36227259Free PMC Article
Alhumaid S, Al Mutair A, Al Alawi Z, Alsuliman M, Ahmed GY, Rabaan AA, Al-Tawfiq JA, Al-Omari A
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2021 Jun 3;10(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s13756-021-00957-0. PMID: 34082822Free PMC Article
Wang WH, Urbina AN, Chang MR, Assavalapsakul W, Lu PL, Chen YH, Wang SF
J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2020 Dec;53(6):963-978. Epub 2020 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.03.007. PMID: 32265181

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