No increase in primary nosocomial candidemia in 682 German intensive care units during 2006 to 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2013, Pages

  Meyer, E ^a,b   Geffers, C ^a,b   Gastmeier, P ^a,b   Schwab, F ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b National Reference Centre for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PATHOGEN LOAD;

EID: 84879066398     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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