Outbreaks in the adult ICUs

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 432-439

  Al Dorzi, Hasan M ^a   Arabi, Yaseen M ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

emerging viruses; healthcare associated infections; ICU; infection control; multidrug resistant bacteria; outbreak

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CIMEX; CIMEX HEMIPTERUS; ENTEROBACTER LUDWIGII; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MOLECULAR TYPING;

EID: 85019631109     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000387     Document Type: Review

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