Colonization and infection in surgical intensive care patients -a prospective study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 347-351

  Kerver, A J H ^a   Rommes, J H ^a   Mevissen Verhage, E A E ^a   Hulstaert, P F ^a   Vos, A ^a   Verhoef, J ^a   Wittebol, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonization; Intensive care unit; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOUTH; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS INFECTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT; YEASTS;

EID: 0023179401     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00255792     Document Type: Article

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