Differences in microbiological profile between community-acquired, healthcare-associated and hospital-acquired infections;Diferenças no perfil microbiológico entre as infecções da comunidade, associadas a cuidados de saúde e nosocomiais

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 377-384

  Cardoso, Teresa ^a   Ribeiro, Orquídea ^b   Aragão, Irene ^a   Costa Pereira, Altamiro ^b   Sarmento, António ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Blood borne pathogens; Catheter related infections; Community acquired infections; Cross infection; Delivery of health care; Respiratory tract infections; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84883529697     PISSN: 0870399X     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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