Hospital acquired infections among surgical, gynaecology and obstetrics patients in felege-hiwot referral hospital, Bahir Dar,Northwest Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-144

  Melaku, Silabat ^a   Gebre Selassie, Solomon ^b   Damtie, Meku ^c   Alamrew, Kassahun ^c  

^a Regional Health Research and Laboratory   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Blood stream infection; Hospital acquired infection; Pneumonia; Surgical site infection; Urinary tract injection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865229524     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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