Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a cancer unit of a general hospital: predisposing factors and evaluation of the impact of intervention measures
We made a retrospective cohort study of a primary bloodstream infection outbreak in patients of a cancer unit in a general hospital, evaluated the impact of intervention measures and investigated the predisposing factors. The targeted predisposing factors were selected based on the medical literatur...
Main Authors: | Cristiane Pavanello Rodrigues Silva, Jorge Manoel Buchdid Amarante, Rúbia Aparecida Lacerda, Maria Lúcia das Neves Biancalana |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000300005&lng=en&tlng=en |
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