Nosocomial infections after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Time course and causative pathogens

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 763-766

  Laban, Kamil G ^a   Rinkel, Gabriel J E ^a   Vergouwen, Mervyn D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Infection; Meningitis; Pneumonia; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGED; COMPLICATION; CROSS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84931568642     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12494     Document Type: Article

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