Nosocomial bloodstream infections in Brazilian hospitals: Analysis of 2,563 cases from a prospective nationwide surveillance study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1866-1871

  Marra, Alexandre R ^a,b   Camargo, Luis Fernando Aranha ^a,b   Pignatari, Antonio Carlos Campos ^b,c   Sukiennik, Teresa ^d   Behar, Paulo Renato Petersen ^e   Medeiros, Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo ^b   Ribeiro, Julival ^f   Girão, Evelyne ^g   Correa, Luci ^a,o   Guerra, Carla ^h   Brites, Carlos ^k   Pereira, Carlos Alberto Pires ⁱ   Carneiro, Irna ^j   Reis, Marise ^l,m   De Souza, Marta Antunes ⁿ   Tranchesi, Regina ^c   Barata, Cristina U ^p   Edmond, Michael B ^q   Andrade, Soraya ^b   Machado, Antonia Maria ^b   Bispo, Paulo ^b   Wey, Sérgio Barsanti ^b   Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes ^b   Martino, Marines Dalla Vale ^a   Molina, Rodrigo ^p   Puga, Luciana Scheidt ^e   Dantas, Gabriela Medeiro ^m   Carlesse, Fabiane ⁱ   Moura, Andrea ^j   more..

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital 9 de Julho   (Brazil)

^d Santa Casa de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^e Hospital Conceicao   (Brazil)

^f HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

^g Hospital Universitario Walter Cantidio   (Brazil)

^h Hospital Estadual de Diadema   (Brazil)

ⁱ Instituto de Oncologia Pediatrica   (Brazil)

^j Santa Casa de Misericordia Do Para Belem   (Brazil)

^k Hospital Espanhol   (Brazil)

^l Neurosurgical Section   (Brazil)

^m Hospital da UNIMED   (Brazil)

ⁿ Hospital Das Clinicas de Goiânia   (Brazil)

^o HOSPITAL DO RIM E HIPERTENSÃO   (Brazil)

^p FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^q VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACINETOBACTER; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79955527743     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00376-11     Document Type: Article

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