Surveillance of device-associated infections at a teaching hospital in rural Gujarat - India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-347

  Singh, S ^a   Pandya, Y ^a   Patel, R ^a   Paliwal, M ^a   Wilson, A ^a   Trivedi, S ^a  

^a HM Patel Centre for Medical Care and Education   (India)

Author keywords

Device associated infections; targeted surveillance; ventilator associatedpneumonia

Indexed keywords

IMIPENEM;

AEROBE; ANAEROBE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INDIA; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER RELATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RURAL AREA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 78149440692     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.71830     Document Type: Article

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