Hospital-acquired, laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection: Increased hospital stay and direct costs

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 190-197

  Orsi, Giovanni Battista ^a   Di Stefano, Lidia ^a   Noah, Norman ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS; SURGICAL WARD;

EID: 0036222078     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502034     Document Type: Article

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