Hospital acquired infections (HAI) in the elderly: Comparison with the younger patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 247-250

  Avci, Meltem ^a   Ozgenc, Onur ^a   Coskuner, Seher Ayten ^a   Olut, Ali Ilgin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Hospital acquired infection; Surveillance of infections

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; METICILLIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELDERLY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 80054896584     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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