Definition: Any infection acquired in the community, that is, contrasted with those acquired in a health care facility (CROSS INFECTION). An infection would be classified as community-acquired if the patient had not recently been in a health care facility or been in contact with someone who had been recently in a health care facility.
contrasted with hospital- or other health facil-acquired (
See AlsoCross Infection
Other names Infections, Community Acquired; Infection, Community-Acquired; Community-Acquired Infection; Community Acquired Infections; Infections, Community-Acquired
