Hospital infections in a neurological intensive care unit: Incidence, causative agents and risk factors

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 798-805

  Djordjevic, Zorana ^a   Jankovic, Slobodan ^b   Gajovic, Olgica ^b   Djonovic, Nela ^b   Folic, Nevena ^b   Bukumiric, Zoran ^c  

^a Clinical Center Kragujevac ^*  (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRI TINA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Hospital infections; Intensive care unit; Neurology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGY; PNEUMONIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SERBIA; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84870526979     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2659     Document Type: Article

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