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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
Depypere M, Morgenstern M, Kuehl R, Senneville E, Moriarty TF, Obremskey WT, Zimmerli W, Trampuz A, Lagrou K, Metsemakers WJ
Clin Microbiol Infect 2020 May;26(5):572-578. Epub 2019 Aug 22 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.08.006. PMID: 31446152
Lardière-Deguelte S, Ragot E, Amroun K, Piardi T, Dokmak S, Bruno O, Appere F, Sibert A, Hoeffel C, Sommacale D, Kianmanesh R
J Visc Surg 2015 Sep;152(4):231-43. Epub 2015 Mar 12 doi: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2015.01.013. PMID: 25770745

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Radlinski LC, Bäumler AJ
Elife 2022 May 20;11 doi: 10.7554/eLife.79593. PMID: 35593698Free 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
Weston D, Hauck K, Amlôt R
BMC Public Health 2018 Mar 9;18(1):336. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5223-1. PMID: 29523125Free PMC Article
McMichael C
Virulence 2015;6(6):548-53. Epub 2015 Jul 7 doi: 10.1080/21505594.2015.1021539. PMID: 26151221Free PMC Article
Mazza JJ
WMJ 2010 Apr;109(2):66-9. PMID: 20443324

Diagnosis

Padmanaban V, Ranganathan UDK
Microbiol Res 2022 Oct;263:127100. Epub 2022 Jun 30 doi: 10.1016/j.micres.2022.127100. PMID: 35849921
Tran NK, Albahra S, May L, Waldman S, Crabtree S, Bainbridge S, Rashidi H
Clin Chem 2021 Dec 30;68(1):125-133. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvab239. PMID: 34969102Free PMC Article
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
Phillips JA
Workplace Health Saf 2019 Jul;67(7):375-376. Epub 2019 Jun 10 doi: 10.1177/2165079919853590. PMID: 31179859
Guinn KM, Rubin EJ
mBio 2017 Dec 19;8(6) doi: 10.1128/mBio.01910-17. PMID: 29259086Free PMC Article

Therapy

Liu Y, Dong Y, Wu X, Xu X, Niu J
Stem Cell Res Ther 2022 May 16;13(1):204. doi: 10.1186/s13287-022-02882-4. PMID: 35578365Free PMC Article
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
Grace AG, Mittal A, Jain S, Tripathy JP, Satyanarayana S, Tharyan P, Kirubakaran R
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 Dec 12;12(12):CD012918. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012918.pub2. PMID: 31828771Free PMC Article
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

Prognosis

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
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
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

Tsang NNY, So HC, Ng KY, Cowling BJ, Leung GM, Ip DKM
Lancet Infect Dis 2021 Sep;21(9):1233-1245. Epub 2021 Apr 12 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00146-8. PMID: 33857405Free PMC Article
Knight SR, Ho A, Pius R, Buchan I, Carson G, Drake TM, Dunning J, Fairfield CJ, Gamble C, Green CA, Gupta R, Halpin S, Hardwick HE, Holden KA, Horby PW, Jackson C, Mclean KA, Merson L, Nguyen-Van-Tam JS, Norman L, Noursadeghi M, Olliaro PL, Pritchard MG, Russell CD, Shaw CA, Sheikh A, Solomon T, Sudlow C, Swann OV, Turtle LC, Openshaw PJ, Baillie JK, Semple MG, Docherty AB, Harrison EM; ISARIC4C investigators
BMJ 2020 Sep 9;370:m3339. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3339. PMID: 32907855Free PMC Article
McCullagh DJ, Chu DK
CMAJ 2019 Feb 25;191(8):E231. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.181117. PMID: 30803953Free 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

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
Vassilopoulou E, Feketea G, Koumbi L, Mesiari C, Berghea EC, Konstantinou GN
Front Immunol 2021;12:661806. Epub 2021 Apr 7 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.661806. PMID: 33897707Free PMC Article
Li J, Huang DQ, Zou B, Yang H, Hui WZ, Rui F, Yee NTS, Liu C, Nerurkar SN, Kai JCY, Teng MLP, Li X, Zeng H, Borghi JA, Henry L, Cheung R, Nguyen MH
J Med Virol 2021 Mar;93(3):1449-1458. Epub 2020 Aug 25 doi: 10.1002/jmv.26424. PMID: 32790106Free PMC Article
Duggal SD, Chugh TD
Med Princ Pract 2020;29(6):514-523. Epub 2020 May 18 doi: 10.1159/000508717. PMID: 32422637Free 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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