Nosocomial infections in HIV infected patients

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 599-605

  Petrosillo, Nicola ^a   Pugliese, Gina ^b   Girardi, Enrico ^a   Pallavicini, Federico ^c   Carosi, Giampiero ^d   Moro, Maria Luisa ^e   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nosocomial infections; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033022126     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199904010-00009     Document Type: Article

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