Comparison of total hospital-acquired bloodstream infections to central line-associated bloodstream infections and implications for outcome measures in infection control

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 984-986

  Leekha, Surbhi ^a   Li, Shanshan ^b   Thom, Kerri A ^a   Anne Preas, Michael ^c   Caffo, Brian S ^b   Morgan, Daniel J ^a,d   Harris, Anthony D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VISN 5 MIRECC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84881182926     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671730     Document Type: Article

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