Microbiological evaluation of nosocomial infections by using national nosocomial infection surveillance (NNIS) system

Archives of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 217-224

  Oskouie, Shahram Abdoli ^a   Rezaie, Mohammad Ahangarzade ^b   Panahi, Farid ^b,c   Firoozi, Farahnaz ^b   Haghi, Masoud Es ^d   Panahi, Farnaz ^e  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococcus; Microbiology; National nosocomial infection surveillance system (NNIS); Nosocomial infections; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938786045     PISSN: 23221828     EISSN: 23221836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/pedinfect.10967     Document Type: Article

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