Relative frequency of health care-associated pathogens by infection site at a university hospital from 1980 to 2008

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 416-420

  Kang, Jahyun ^a   Sickbert Bennett, Emily E ^a   Brown, Vickie M ^a   Weber, David J ^a,b   Rutala, William A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross infection; Health care associated pathogen; Hospital surveillance; Nosocomial; Relative frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KLEBSIELLA; MORBIDITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FUNGI; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84861578395     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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