Hospital-acquired urinary tract infections in Turkey: A nationwide multicenter point prevalence study

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-210

  Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^a   Esen, S ^a   Akata, Filiz ^b   Arman, Dilek ^b   Ayaz, Celal ^b   Aygen, Bilgehan ^b   Aygun, Gokhan ^b   Bakir, Mehmet ^b   Baykam, Nurcan ^b   Caylan, Rahmet ^b   Erdem, Ilknur ^b   Erdenizmenli, Mine ^b   Ergin, Funda ^b   Ersoy, Yasemin ^b   Felek, Suleymen ^b   Findik, Duygu ^b   Gündes, Sibel ^b   Kaya, Ali ^b   Saba, Rabin ^b   Sencan, Irfan ^b   Simşek, Serap ^b   Tasova, Yesim ^b   Tulek, Necla ^b   Tunger, Ozlem ^b   Turgut, Huseyin ^b   Ulusoy, Sercan ^b   Usluer, Gaye ^b   Uzun, Cengiz ^b   Vural, Savas ^b   Yayli, Guler ^b   more..

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Nosocomial infection; Point prevalence study; Turkey; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFTRIAXONE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD FLOW; CANDIDA; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSALITY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038312000     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1362     Document Type: Article

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