Disease or Syndrome
intraabdominal infection
[ in-truh-ab-dom-uh-nl in-fek-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Infection
Definitions related to abdominal infection:
  • Infection in the abdominal cavity resulting from injury, acute intestinal inflammation (e.g., acute appendicitis), intestinal perforation, or complication of abdominal surgery.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (intraabdominal infections) Infection within the PERITONEAL CAVITY. A frequent cause is an ANASTOMOTIC LEAK following surgery.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving the abdominal cavity.
    Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
    U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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