What is new in infection prevention in critical care in 2014?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1151-1154

  Dimopoulos, George ^a   Kollef, Marin ^b   Blot, Stijn ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLISTIN; MOUTHWASH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VACCINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; NYSTATIN; PROCALCITONIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CANDIDIASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOUTH HYGIENE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACILLI; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BATH; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT GRAM NEGATIVE BACILLI; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; THORAX SURGERY; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CROSS INFECTION; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROCEDURES; SEPSIS;

CRITICAL CARE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; SEPSIS;

EID: 84904857571     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3331-7     Document Type: Article

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