Hospital-acquired infections following the 1999 Marmara earthquake

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-51

  Oncul O ^a   Keskin, O ^a   Acar, H V ^a   Kucukardali Y ^a   Evrenkaya, R ^a   Atasoyu, E M ^a   Top, C ^a   Nalbant, S ^a   Ozkan S ^a   Emekdas G ^a   Cavuslu S ^a   Us, M H ^a   Pahsa, A ^a   Gokben M ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Earthquake; Hospital acquired infection; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; METICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INJURY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WOUND INFECTION; ACINETOBACTER; CROSS INFECTION; DISASTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 18844466890     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1205     Document Type: Article

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