Device-associated infection rates and mortality in intensive care units of Peruvian hospitals: Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-24

  Cuellar, Luis E ^a   Ferndez Maldonado, Eduardo ^b   Rosenthal, Victor D ^c,d   Castaneda Sabogal, Alex ^e   Rosales, Rosa ^a   Mayorga Espichan, Manuel J ^b   Camacho Cosavalente, Luis A ^c   Castillo Bravo, Luis I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES NEOPLÁSICAS   (Peru)

^b Clínica San Pablo ^*  (Peru)

^c Medical College of Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^d Hospital Víctor Lazarte Echegaray EsSalud ^*  (Argentina)

^e Asistente del Servicio de Cirugía del Hospital   (Peru)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Bacterial infections; Cross infection epidemiology; Drug resistance; Hospitals; Infection control; Intensive care units; Length of stay; Mortality; Peru

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 51249101524     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892008000700002     Document Type: Article

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