The evaluation of nosocomial infection during 1-year-period in the burn unit of a training hospital in Istanbul, Turkey

Burns

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 738-744

  Oncul, Oral ^a   Yüksel, Fuat ^a   Altunay, Hüsnü ^a   Açikel, Cengiz ^a   Çeliköz, Bahattin ^a   Çavuşlu, Şaban ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burn; Cost of infection; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY SURFACE; BURN INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CATHETERIZATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036894437     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00106-7     Document Type: Article

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