Risk factors for death due to nosocomial infection in intensive care unit patients: Findings from the Krankenhaus Infektions Surveillance System

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 466-472

  Gastmeier, P ^a   Sohr, D ^b   Geffers, C ^b   Behnke, M ^b   Ruden H ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BACTEREMIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNET; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247531933     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510810     Document Type: Article

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