Rates of hospital-acquired respiratory illness in bangladeshi tertiary care hospitals: Results from a low-cost pilot surveillance strategy

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1084-1090

  Gurley, Emily S ^a   Zaman, Rashid Uz ^a   Sultana, Rebeca ^a   Bell, Michael ^c   Fry, Alicia M ^c   Srinivasan, Arjun ^c   Rahman, Mahmudur ^b   Rahman, M Waliur ^a   Hossain, M Jahangir ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950295254     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651265     Document Type: Article

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