SPIR01 and SPIR02: A two-year 1-day point prevalence multicenter study of infections in intensive care units in Piedmont, Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-87

  De Rosa, Francesco G ^a,e   Garazzino, Silvia ^a   Audagnotto, Sabrina ^a   Bargiacchi, Olivia ^a   Zeme, Daniela A ^a   Gramoni, Alessandro ^c   Barberis, Bruno ^d   Ranieri, V Marco ^b   Di Perri, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Malattie Infettive

^c Ospedale di Pinerolo   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Rivoli   (Italy)

^e AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intensive care units; Nosocomial infections; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 41049107289     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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