National study of nosocomial infection surveillance in intensive care units. Report of the year 2000;Estudio nacional de vigilancia de infección nosocomial en unidades de cuidados intensivos. Informe del año 2000

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 39-50

  Alvarez Lerma F ^a   Palomar, M ^b   Olaechea, P ^c   De La Cal, M A ^d   Insausti, J ^e   Bermejo, B ^e  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^e Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critical care patients; ENVIN UCI; Multiresistance markers; Nosocomial infection; Surveillance program

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0036219804     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(02)79735-0     Document Type: Article

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