Long term trends in the occurrence of nosocomial blood stream infection

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-33

  Taylor, Geoffrey ^a,b   Buchanan Chell, Maureen ^a   Kirkland, Teresa ^a   McKenzie, Margaret ^a   Wiens, Rhoda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Epidemiology; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CATHETER INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034011275     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2000/393194     Document Type: Article

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