National surveillance of health care–associated infections in Egypt: Developing a sustainable program in a resource-limited country

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1296-1301

  Talaat, Maha ^a,b   El Shokry, Mona ^a,b,c   El Kholy, Jehan ^d   Ismail, Ghada ^c   Kotb, Sara ^a,b   Hafez, Soad ^e   Attia, Ehab ^f   Lessa, Fernanda C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No3   (Egypt)

^c Saint Fatima Square Heliopolis   (Egypt)

^d Cairo University   (Egypt)

^e Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

antimicrobial resistance; Health care associated infections; surveillance in intensive care units

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COUNTRY ECONOMIC STATUS; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EGYPT; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PROTEUS; RESOURCE LIMITED COUNTRY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE POLICY;

CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS;

EID: 84994085798     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.212     Document Type: Article

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