High proportion of healthcare-associated urinary tract infection in the absence of prior exposure to urinary catheter: A cross-sectional study

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Uçkay, Ilker ^a   Sax, Hugo ^a,i   Gayet Ageron, Angèle ^a   Ruef, Christian ^b,j   Mühlemann, Kathrin ^c   Troillet, Nicolas ^d   Petignat, Christiane ^e   Bernasconi, Enos ^f   Balmelli, Carlo ^e   Widmer, Andreas ^g   Boubaker, Karim ^h,k   Pittet, Didier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Central Institute of the Valais Hospitals   (Switzerland)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f Ospedale Civico Lugano   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^h FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j Hirslanden Clinics   (Switzerland)

^k Technical Branch of Medical Radiology   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Acute care; Nosocomial; Prevalence; Risk factors; Urinary catheter; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84895074359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-2-5     Document Type: Article

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