Nosocomial infections prevalence study in a Serbian university hospital

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 868-875

  Ilić, Milena ^a   Marković Denić, Ljiljana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Cross infection; Cross sectional studies; Hospitalization; Risk factors; Urinary catheterization; Yugoslavia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG USE; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK FACTOR; SERBIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WARD;

EID: 73649142787     PISSN: 00428450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/VSP0911868I     Document Type: Article

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