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Infections, Hospital
Known as:
Infection, Hospital
, Hospital-Onset Infection
, Nosocomial Infection
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An infection acquired in a hospital or other healthcare setting.
National Institutes of Health
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Communicable Diseases
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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Cross Infection
Iatrogenic Disease
Narrower (1)
nosocomial pneumonia
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Review
2009
Review
2009
Bad bugs, no drugs: no ESKAPE! An update from the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
H. Boucher
,
G. Talbot
,
+6 authors
J. Bartlett
Clinical Infectious Diseases
2009
Corpus ID: 7138044
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) continues to view with concern the lean pipeline for novel therapeutics to…
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Nosocomial bloodstream infections in US hospitals: analysis of 24,179 cases from a prospective nationwide surveillance study.
H. Wisplinghoff
,
T. Bischoff
,
S. Tallent
,
H. Seifert
,
R. Wenzel
,
M. Edmond
Clinical Infectious Diseases
2004
Corpus ID: 16567405
BACKGROUND Nosocomial bloodstream infections (BSIs) are important causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, data summary from January 1992 through June 2003, issued August 2003.
Nnis System
American Journal of Infection Control
2003
Corpus ID: 8381980
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Inadequate antimicrobial treatment of infections: a risk factor for hospital mortality among critically ill patients.
M. Kollef
,
G. Sherman
,
S. Ward
,
V. Fraser
Chest
1999
Corpus ID: 40549224
STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between inadequate antimicrobial treatment of infections (both community-acquired…
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
A. J. Mangram
,
T. C. Horan
,
M. Pearson
,
L. C. Silver
,
W. R. Jarvis
American Journal of Infection Control
1999
Corpus ID: 262102877
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The "Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999" presents the Centers for Disease Control and…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Nosocomial bloodstream infections in United States hospitals: a three-year analysis.
M. Edmond
,
Sarah E. Wallace
,
D. McClish
,
M. Pfaller
,
Ronald N. Jones
,
R. Wenzel
Clinical Infectious Diseases
1999
Corpus ID: 8905038
Nosocomial bloodstream infections are important causes of morbidity and mortality. In this study, concurrent surveillance for…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The prevalence of nosocomial infection in intensive care units in Europe. Results of the European Prevalence of Infection in Intensive Care (EPIC) Study. EPIC International Advisory Committee.
J. Vincent
,
D. Bihari
,
+6 authors
M. Hemmer
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1995
Corpus ID: 22983587
OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infections and the risk factors for these infections…
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
CDC definitions for nosocomial infections.
B. Yangco
American Journal of Infection Control
1989
Corpus ID: 9772304
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988.
J. Garner
,
W. Jarvis
,
Emori Tg
,
T. Horan
,
J. Hughes
American Journal of Infection Control
1988
Corpus ID: 12753473
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The efficacy of infection surveillance and control programs in preventing nosocomial infections in US hospitals.
R. Haley
,
D. Culver
,
+4 authors
T. Hooton
American Journal of Epidemiology
1985
Corpus ID: 24376011
In a representative sample of US general hospitals, the authors found that the establishment of intensive infection surveillance…
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