Prospective analysis of nosocomial infection rates, antibiotic use, and patterns of resistance in a burn population

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-160

  Wibbenmeyer, Lucy ^a   Danks, Roy ^b   Faucher, Lee ^c   Amelon, Marge ^a   Latenser, Barbara ^a   Kealey, G Patrick ^a   Herwaldt, Loreen A ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BODY SURFACE; BURN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURNS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33745385557     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000203359.32756.F7     Document Type: Article

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