The impact of hospital-acquired infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria in an oncology intensive care unit

The impact of hospital-acquired infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria in an oncology intensive care unit

Objective: To describe overall site-specific hospital-acquired infection (HAI) rates and to describe the microbiological and antibiotic resistance profiles of infecting pathogens, together with their impact on multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria-associated mortality. Methods: We conducted a 5-year r...

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Main Authors: P. Cornejo-Juárez, D. Vilar-Compte, C. Pérez-Jiménez, S.A. Ñamendys-Silva, S. Sandoval-Hernández, P. Volkow-Fernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cancer
Surveillance
Intensive care unit
Hospital-acquired infection
Multidrug-resistant bacteria
Mortality
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214017408

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