Clinical effect of a multidisciplinary team approach to the initial treatment of patients with hospital-acquired bloodstream infections at a Japanese university hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 970-975

  Tsukamoto, Hitoshi ^a   Higashi, Takashi ^a   Nakamura, Toshiaki ^a   Yano, Ryoichi ^a   Hida, Yukio ^a   Muroi, Yoko ^a   Ikegaya, Satoshi ^a,b   Iwasaki, Hiromichi ^a   Masada, Mikio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appropriate antimicrobial therapy; Infection control team; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 84906823221     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.033     Document Type: Article

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