Registry of nursing home infections in Lleida: Multicenter study of nosocomial infections in long-term care centers and nursing homes in the Lleida Health Region. First phase of the RISS-Lleida study;Registro de infección sociosanitaria-Lleida (RISS-Lleida): Estudio multicéntrico de la infección nosocomial en los centros sociosanitarios de la Regió Sanitària Lleida. Primera fase del estudio RISS Lleida

Revista Multidisciplinar de Gerontologia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-14

  Serrano Godoy, Marcos ^a,c   Barcenilla, Fernando ^b   Toribio, Francisca ^d   Barceló Móntala, Antoni ^d   Gabernet, Marta ^d   Sánchez Navarro, Blas ^d   Albanell, Neus ^d   Merino, Juan ^d  

^a Hospital Santa Maria   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistant patogens; Long term care; Nosocomial infections; Nursing homes; Prospective study; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; NYSTATIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BARTHEL INDEX; CANDIDA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PROTEUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFECTION; REISBERG GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN INFECTION; SPAIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CANDIDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0043195365     PISSN: 11390921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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