Comparison of the use of administrative data and an active system for surveillance of invasive aspergillosis

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-30

  Chang, Douglas C ^a   Burwell, Lauren A ^a   Lyon, G Marshall ^b   Pappas, Peter G ^c   Chiller, Tom M ^a   Wannemuehler, Kathleen A ^a   Fridkin, Scott K ^a   Park, Benjamin J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUALITY CONTROL; RECIPIENT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 39449091395     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524324     Document Type: Article

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