Trends in the prevalence of hospital-acquired infections and hospital use of antibiotics in a Danish county;Udviklingstendenser i forekomsten af hospitalserhvervede infektioner og antibiotikaforbrug i Århus Amt

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1129-1132

  Leth, Rita Andersen ^a   Møller, Jens Kjølseth ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DICLOXACILLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; MECILLINAM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TEICOPLANIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG USE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; SEPTICEMIA; TEAMWORK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; PENICILLINS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEPSIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33645114836     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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