Health-care associated infections rates, length of stay, and bacterial resistance in an intensive care unit of Morocco: Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Madani, Naoufel ^a   Rosenthal, Victor D ^b   Dendane, Tarek ^a   Abidi, Khalid ^a   Zeggwagh, Amine Ali ^a,c   Abouqal, Redouane ^a,c  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b Medical College of Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRUG USE; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOROCCO; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 77049119051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-2-29     Document Type: Article

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