Prevalence of nosocomial infections in a teaching hospital: Distribution, predisposing factors and diagnostic pointers;Prevalence des infections nosocomiales dans un hopital universitaire: Distribution, facteurs predisposants et indices diagnostiques

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 128, Issue 50, 1998, Pages 1973-1983

  Frankart, L ^a   Copin, P ^a   Alexiou, A ^a   Henry, N ^a   Sauvan, V ^a   Pittet, D ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032512163     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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