Nosocomial infections in critically ill infectious disease patients: Results of a 7-year focal surveillance

Infection

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-22

  Barsic B ^a   Beus, I ^a   Marton, E ^a   Himbele, J ^a   Klinar, I ^a  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; STEROIDS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032897957     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02565165     Document Type: Article

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