Community acquired infections are infections that are contracted outside of a hospital or are diagnosed within 48 hours of admission without any previous health care encounter.
Types of Community Infections:
- Adenovirus
- Bed Bugs
- Body Lice
- Campylobacteriosis
- Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
- Coronaviruses (Common Cold Viruses)
- Enterovirus, Non-Polio
- Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
- Head Lice (‘Ukus)
- Impetigo
- Influenza (Flu)
- Invasive Group A Streptococcus (Necrotizing Fasciitis)
- Legionnaires’ Disease /Pontiac Fever
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Norovirus
- Pinworm Disease
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
- Rhinovirus (Common Cold)
- Ringworm
- Scabies
- Smallpox
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Strep Throat/Scarlet Fever
- Streptococcus, Group B
- Tularemia
- Viral Meningitis