Nosocomial infections in internal medicine departments

Harefuah

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 265-268+318

  Zamir, Doron ^a   Polychuck, Ilia ^a   Leibovitz, Ilan ^a   Reitblat, Tatiana ^a   Zamir, Chen ^a   Scharf, Shimon ^b  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Nosocomial infections; Pneumonia; Risk factors; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038637785     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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