Helicobacter pylori infection in intensive care: Increased prevalence and a new nosocomial infection

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1276-1280

  Robertson, Megan S ^a   Cade, John F ^a   Clancy, Robert L ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Cross infection; Gastritis; Gastroduodenal hemorrhage; Helicobacter pylori; Infection; Intensive care units; Nursing staff; Serology; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PEPTIC ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032769063     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199907000-00010     Document Type: Article

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