National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System report, data summary from January 1992 to June 2002, issued August 2002

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 458-475

  Solomon, Steven ^a   Horan, Teresa ^a,b   Andrus, Mary ^a   Edwards, Jonathan ^a   Emori, Grace ^a   Fridkin, Scott ^a   Peavy, Gloria ^a   Tolson, James ^a   Upadhyayula, Saila ^a   Yi, Bryan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b DHQP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN DERIVATIVE; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 0036917732     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2002.130032     Document Type: Article

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