Changes in prevalence of health care-associated infections in U.S. Hospitals

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 379, Issue 18, 2018, Pages 1732-1744

  Magill, S S ^a   O'Leary, E ^a   Janelle, S J ^a   Thompson, D L ^a   Dumyati, G ^a   Nadle, J ^a   Wilson, L E ^a   Kainer, M A ^a   Lynfield, R ^a   Greissman, S ^a   Ray, S M ^a   Beldavs, Z ^a   Gross, C ^a   Bamberg, W ^a   Sievers, M ^a   Concannon, C ^a   Buhr, N ^a   Warnke, L ^a   Maloney, M ^a   Ocampo, V ^a   Brooks, J ^a   Oyewumi, T ^a   Sharmin, S ^a   Richards, K ^a   Rainbow, J ^a   Samper, M ^a   Hancock, E B ^a   Leaptrot, D ^a   Scalise, E ^a   Badrun, F ^a   Phelps, R ^a   Edwards, J R ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CATHETERIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 85055782395     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1801550     Document Type: Article

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