Estimates of the rate of acquisition of bacteraemia and associated excess mortality in a general intensive care unit: a 10 year study

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-61

  Thompson, D S ^a  

^a MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Intensive care unit; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; APACHE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 42649112728     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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