A person gets infected in a hospital and clinical manifestation appear after he is discharged this is called -
The term hospital infection, hospital - acquired infection or nosocomial infection are applied to infections developing in hospitalized patients, not present or in incubation at the time of their admission.
Such infections may become evident during their stay in hospital or, sometimes, only after their discharge.
Nosocomial infection
Opportunistic infection
Epizootic infection
Physician induced