Nosocomial infections and misuse of antibiotics in a provincial community hospital, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-121

  Al Ghamdi, S ^a,b   Gedebou, M ^a   Bilal, N E ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic misuse; Antibiotic overuse; Hospital; Inappropriate prophylaxis; Inappropriate therapy; Nosocomial infection; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFRADINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NURSERY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WARD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036484841     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2001.1149     Document Type: Article

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