Device-associated nosocomial infection rates in intensive care units at Cairo University hospitals: First step toward initiating surveillance programs in a resource-limited country

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  El Kholy, Amani ^a   Saied, Tamer ^b   Gaber, Mervat ^a   Younan, Mariam A ^a   Haleim, Mona M A ^a   El Sayed, Hanan ^a   El Karaksy, Hanaa'A ^a   Bazara'A, Hafez ^a   Talaat, Maha ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Catheter associated urinary tract infection; Central line associated bloodstream infection; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE CONTROL; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864673944     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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