Healthcare-associated infection: A significant cause of hospital readmission

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1195-1197

  Sreeramoju, Pranavi ^a,b   Montie, Blake ^a   Ramirez, Angelique M ^b   Ayeni, Abidemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77957858669     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656746     Document Type: Article

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