Healthcare-associated infections are associated with insufficient dietary intake: an observational cross-sectional study.

Indicators to predict healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) are scarce. Malnutrition is known to be associated with adverse outcomes in healthcare but its identification is time-consuming and rarely done in daily practice. This cross-sectional study assessed the association between dietary intake,...

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Main Authors: Ronan Thibault, Anne-Marie Makhlouf, Michel P Kossovsky, Jimison Iavindrasana, Marinette Chikhi, Rodolphe Meyer, Didier Pittet, Walter Zingg, Claude Pichard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4414575?pdf=render