Retrospective analysis of nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in China during 2003 and 2007

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ding, Ji Guang ^a   Sun, Qing Feng ^a   Li, Ke Cheng ^a   Zheng, Ming Hua ^a   Miao, Xiao Hui ^b   Ni, Wu ^b   Hong, Liang ^a   Yang, Jin Xian ^a   Ruan, Zhan Wei ^a   Zhou, Rui Wei ^a   Zhou, Hai Jiao ^a   He, Wen Fei ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; STATISTICS;

CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 68849091826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-115     Document Type: Article

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