Risk factors for acquisition of Serratia marcescens in a surgical intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-299

  Van Der Sar Van Der Brugge, S ^a   Arend, S M ^a   Bernards, A T ^a   Berbee, G A M ^a   Westendorp, R G J ^a   Feuth, J D M ^a   Van Den Broek, P J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Intensive care unit (surgical); Nosocomial infection; Random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD); Risk factors; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; NONHUMAN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL WARD; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 0032931618     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.1998.0498     Document Type: Article

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