Prevalence of Hospital-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in Urology Departments

European Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1100-1112

  Bjerklund Johansen, Truls E ^a   Cek, Mete ^b   Naber, Kurt ^c   Stratchounski, Leonid ^d   Svendsen, Martin V ^e   Tenke, Peter ^f  

^a Urology Section   (Norway)

^b Department of Biochemistry   (Turkey)

^c Urologische Klinik   (Germany)

^d Smolensk Regional Hospital   (Russian Federation)

^e TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Jahn Ferenc Del Pesti korhaz Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Nosocomial; Prevalence; Urinary tract infection; Urology departments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CYSTITIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SCREENING; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 33847114780     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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