The prevalence and risk factors of nosocomial Acinetobacter blood stream infections in tertiary teaching hospital in north-eastern Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-129

  Deris, Zakuan Zainy ^a   Harun, Azian ^a   Omar, Mahamarowi ^a   Johari, Md Radzi ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449140140     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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