Device-associated nosocomial infections in 55 intensive care units of 8 developing countries

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 582-591

  Rosenthal, Victor D ^a   Maki, Dennis G ^b   Salomao, Reinaldo ^c   Álvarez Moreno, Carloś ^a   Mehta, Yatin ^d   Higuera, Francisco ^a   Cuellar, Luis E ^a   Arikan, Özay Akan ^e   Abouqal, Rédouane ^f   Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^g  

^a University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics ^*  (Peru)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^c Hospital Medical School   (Brazil)

^d ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^e Angora Evleri   (Turkey)

^f IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^g ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVICE INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33750694248     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-8-200610170-00007     Document Type: Article

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