The prevalence of nosocomial infection and antibiotic use in German hospitals;Prävalenz von nosokomialen Infektionen und Antibiotika-Anwendung in deutschen Krankenhäusern

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 114, Issue 50, 2017, Pages 851-857

  Behnke, Michael ^a   Aghdassi, Seven Johannes ^a   Hansen, Sonja ^a   Diaz, Luis Alberto Peña ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^a   Piening, Brar ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG USE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; PREVALENCE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; GERMANY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 85039785437     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2017.0851     Document Type: Article

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