Nosocomial infections in a medical-surgical intensive care unit

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 373-377

  Aly, Nasser Yehia A ^a,b,c   Al Mousa, Haifaa H ^b   Al Asar, El Sayed M ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c Department of Infection Control   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Device associated infection; Intensive care unit; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49449102350     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000141500     Document Type: Article

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