Nosocomial infections in an oncology intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 458-462

  Velasco, Eduardo ^a,b   Santos Thuler, Luiz Claudio ^a   Martins, Carlos Alberto De S ^a   De Castro Dias, Leda Maria ^a   Gonçalves, Vania Maria Da S E C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUTROPHIL; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR;

EID: 13144269621     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(97)90067-5     Document Type: Article

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