Changes in the incidence of health care-associated pathogens at a university hospital from 2005 to 2011

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 770-775

  Kang, Jahyun ^a   Sickbert Bennett, Emily E ^b   Brown, Vickie M ^b   Weber, David J ^b,c   Rutala, William A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; MRSA; Multidrug resistant gram negative bacilli; Nosocomial; Pathogen trends; Surveillance; VRE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84903271213     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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