Relative frequency of nosocomial pathogens at a university hospital during the decade 1980 to 1989

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 192-197

  Weber, David J ^a,b   Rutala, William A ^a,b   Samsa, Gregory P ^c   Brejetta Wilson, M ^b   Hoffmann, Karen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; FUNGUS CULTURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOSES; NORTH CAROLINA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0026655768     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(05)80145-2     Document Type: Article

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