Nosocomial infections in medical intensive care units in the United States

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 887-892

  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

Bacteremia; Bacteriology; Cross infection; Epidemiology; Fungal infections; Microbiology; Pneumonia; Risk factors; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETERIZATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033023730     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199905000-00020     Document Type: Review

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