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Direct Contact Transmission Infection

MedGen UID:
310697
Concept ID:
C1707758
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

Infection produced by direct contact with another person. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDirect Contact Transmission Infection

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Widaty S, Miranda E, Cornain EF, Rizky LA
J Infect Dev Ctries 2022 Feb 28;16(2):244-251. doi: 10.3855/jidc.15222. PMID: 35298417
Jensen JS, Cusini M, Gomberg M, Moi H, Wilson J, Unemo M
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2022 May;36(5):641-650. Epub 2022 Feb 19 doi: 10.1111/jdv.17972. PMID: 35182080
Umakanthan S, Sahu P, Ranade AV, Bukelo MM, Rao JS, Abrahao-Machado LF, Dahal S, Kumar H, Kv D
Postgrad Med J 2020 Dec;96(1142):753-758. Epub 2020 Jun 20 doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138234. PMID: 32563999Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Jullien S, de Silva NL, Garner P
Emerg Infect Dis 2021;27(8):2033-2041. doi: 10.3201/eid2708.200136. PMID: 34286686Free PMC Article
Li YT, Linster M, Mendenhall IH, Su YCF, Smith GJD
Br Med Bull 2019 Dec 11;132(1):81-95. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldz036. PMID: 31848585Free PMC Article
Kalil AC, Thomas PG
Crit Care 2019 Jul 19;23(1):258. doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2539-x. PMID: 31324202Free PMC Article
Field HE
Curr Opin Virol 2016 Feb;16:120-125. Epub 2016 Mar 12 doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2016.02.004. PMID: 26978066
Palmer SM, Rybak MJ
Pharmacotherapy 1996 Sep-Oct;16(5):819-29. PMID: 8888077

Diagnosis

Barbieri R, Signoli M, Chevé D, Costedoat C, Tzortzis S, Aboudharam G, Raoult D, Drancourt M
Clin Microbiol Rev 2020 Dec 16;34(1) Epub 2020 Dec 9 doi: 10.1128/CMR.00044-19. PMID: 33298527Free PMC Article
España PP, Uranga A, Cillóniz C, Torres A
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2020 Aug;41(4):509-521. Epub 2020 Jul 6 doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1710594. PMID: 32629489
Jacob ST, Crozier I, Fischer WA 2nd, Hewlett A, Kraft CS, Vega MA, Soka MJ, Wahl V, Griffiths A, Bollinger L, Kuhn JH
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020 Feb 20;6(1):13. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-0147-3. PMID: 32080199Free PMC Article
Kalil AC, Thomas PG
Crit Care 2019 Jul 19;23(1):258. doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2539-x. PMID: 31324202Free PMC Article
Kumar V
Indian J Pediatr 2017 Feb;84(2):139-143. Epub 2016 Sep 19 doi: 10.1007/s12098-016-2232-x. PMID: 27641976

Therapy

Chowdhary A, Jain K, Chauhan N
Annu Rev Microbiol 2023 Sep 15;77:583-602. Epub 2023 Jul 5 doi: 10.1146/annurev-micro-032521-015858. PMID: 37406342
España PP, Uranga A, Cillóniz C, Torres A
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2020 Aug;41(4):509-521. Epub 2020 Jul 6 doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1710594. PMID: 32629489
Jacob ST, Crozier I, Fischer WA 2nd, Hewlett A, Kraft CS, Vega MA, Soka MJ, Wahl V, Griffiths A, Bollinger L, Kuhn JH
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020 Feb 20;6(1):13. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-0147-3. PMID: 32080199Free PMC Article
Li YT, Linster M, Mendenhall IH, Su YCF, Smith GJD
Br Med Bull 2019 Dec 11;132(1):81-95. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldz036. PMID: 31848585Free PMC Article
Kalil AC, Thomas PG
Crit Care 2019 Jul 19;23(1):258. doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2539-x. PMID: 31324202Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Crider K, Williams J, Qi YP, Gutman J, Yeung L, Mai C, Finkelstain J, Mehta S, Pons-Duran C, Menéndez C, Moraleda C, Rogers L, Daniels K, Green P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Feb 1;2(2022) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014217. PMID: 36321557Free PMC Article
Jensen JS, Cusini M, Gomberg M, Moi H, Wilson J, Unemo M
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2022 May;36(5):641-650. Epub 2022 Feb 19 doi: 10.1111/jdv.17972. PMID: 35182080
Bouferraa Y, Bou Zerdan M, Hamouche R, Azar E, Afif C, Jabbour R
Neurologist 2021 Nov 4;26(6):248-252. doi: 10.1097/NRL.0000000000000348. PMID: 34734902
Ploemacher T, Faber WR, Menke H, Rutten V, Pieters T
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020 Apr;14(4):e0008276. Epub 2020 Apr 27 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008276. PMID: 32339201Free PMC Article
Del Brutto OH, Garcia HH
Handb Clin Neurol 2013;114:313-25. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53490-3.00025-X. PMID: 23829921

Clinical prediction guides

Jacob ST, Crozier I, Fischer WA 2nd, Hewlett A, Kraft CS, Vega MA, Soka MJ, Wahl V, Griffiths A, Bollinger L, Kuhn JH
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020 Feb 20;6(1):13. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-0147-3. PMID: 32080199Free PMC Article
Li YT, Linster M, Mendenhall IH, Su YCF, Smith GJD
Br Med Bull 2019 Dec 11;132(1):81-95. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldz036. PMID: 31848585Free PMC Article
Demiraslan H, Dinc G, Doganay M
Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov 2017;12(1):21-30. doi: 10.2174/1574891X12666170602080301. PMID: 28571550
Paynter S
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Tzipori S
Adv Parasitol 1988;27:63-129. doi: 10.1016/s0065-308x(08)60353-x. PMID: 3289331Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Crider K, Williams J, Qi YP, Gutman J, Yeung L, Mai C, Finkelstain J, Mehta S, Pons-Duran C, Menéndez C, Moraleda C, Rogers L, Daniels K, Green P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Feb 1;2(2022) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014217. PMID: 36321557Free PMC Article
Jing JLJ, Pei Yi T, Bose RJC, McCarthy JR, Tharmalingam N, Madheswaran T
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020 May 11;17(9) doi: 10.3390/ijerph17093326. PMID: 32403261Free PMC Article
Ploemacher T, Faber WR, Menke H, Rutten V, Pieters T
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020 Apr;14(4):e0008276. Epub 2020 Apr 27 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008276. PMID: 32339201Free PMC Article
Nguyen LKN, Megiddo I, Howick S
Am J Infect Control 2020 Jul;48(7):810-821. Epub 2019 Dec 18 doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.11.005. PMID: 31862167Free PMC Article
Olea-Popelka F, Muwonge A, Perera A, Dean AS, Mumford E, Erlacher-Vindel E, Forcella S, Silk BJ, Ditiu L, El Idrissi A, Raviglione M, Cosivi O, LoBue P, Fujiwara PI
Lancet Infect Dis 2017 Jan;17(1):e21-e25. Epub 2016 Sep 30 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30139-6. PMID: 27697390

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