Epidemiology of nosocomial outbreaks: 14-Year experience at a tertiary-care center

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 527-529

  Ostrosky Zeichner, L ^a   Baez Martinez, R ^a   Rangel Frausto, M S ^a   Ponce de Leon, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0033836840     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501800     Document Type: Article

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