Healthcare-associated infection in Italy: Annual point-prevalence surveys, 2002-2004

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 659-665

  Lanini, Simone ^a   Jarvis, William R ^f   Nicastri, Emanuele ^a   Privitera, Gaetano ^b   Gesu, Giovanni ^c   Marchetti, Federico ^d   Giuliani, Luigi ^e   Piselli, Pierluca ^a   Puro, Vincenzo ^a   Nisii, Carla ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d Cardiac Surgery Unit   (Italy)

^e GSK   (Italy)

^f Jason and Jarvis Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WARD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651085440     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597596     Document Type: Article

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