Hospital-Acquired Infections in the Surgical Intensive Care: Epidemiology and Prevention

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1047-1061

  Smith II, Robert L ^a,b   Sawyer, R G ^a   Pruett, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter associated urinary tract infection; Catheter related bloodstream infection; Epidemiology; Hospital acquired infection; Prevention; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORHEXIDINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; SILVER;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CATHETER INFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SERRATIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL PATIENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 1642476367     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44848     Document Type: Review

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