Nosocomial infections in Coronary Care Units in the United States

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6 A, 1998, Pages 789-793

  Richards, Michael J ^a   Edwards, Jonathan R ^a   Culver, David H ^a   Gaynes, Robert P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032530402     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00450-0     Document Type: Article

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