Nosocomial infections among patients in a long-term care facility: Spectrum, prevalence, and risk factors

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 57-62

  Setia, Usha ^a,b   Servant, Isabel ^a,b   Lorenz, Patricia ^a,b  

^a Bergen Pines County Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PATIENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORBIDITY; NEW JERSEY; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SMOKING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0021908381     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0196-6553(85)90083-5     Document Type: Article

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