Burden of endemic health-care-associated infection in developing countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9761, 2011, Pages 228-241

  Allegranzi, Benedetta ^a   Nejad, Sepideh Bagheri ^a   Combescure, Christophe ^b   Graafmans, Wilco ^a   Attar, Homa ^a   Donaldson, Liam ^a,c   Pittet, Didier ^a,b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; META ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 78651467801     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61458-4     Document Type: Article

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