Nosocomial infections in a general surgical ward;Le infezioni nosocomiali in un reparto di chirurgia generale

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-14

  Fiorio, Maurizio ^a,d   Marroni, Massimo ^a   Tristaino, Benedetto ^b   Capitanucci, Loredana ^b   Serafini, Sandro ^b   De Socio, Giuseppe ^a   Stagni, Giuliano ^c  

^a Clinica delle Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

^b Chirurgia Generale e d'Urgenza   (Italy)

^c Struttura Complessa di Cardiologia   (Italy)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nosocomial infections; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ACHROMOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ARTICLE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORGANELLA MORGANII; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROPHYLAXIS; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 1342325668     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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